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Gomes Freire de Andrade

1685–1763 · 18th century · Also known as Count of Bobadela

Gomes Freire de Andrade, Count of Bobadela, was a Portuguese general who governed Rio de Janeiro from 1733 to 1763, at times also Minas Gerais and much of southern Brazil. He reorganised gold taxation and built public works such as the Carioca Aqueduct, and commanded the Guaraní War against Jesuit missions after the Treaty of Madrid of 1750.

Gomes Freire de Andrade
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