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Henrique Paiva Couceiro

1861–1944 · 20th century

Henrique Paiva Couceiro was a Portuguese army officer and colonial administrator, governor-general of Angola from 1907 to 1909, and the leading royalist opponent of the First Portuguese Republic. He led royalist incursions from Spain in 1911 and 1912, and on 19 January 1919 proclaimed the Monarchy of the North in Porto. Republican forces ended it within a month, and he went into exile.

Henrique Paiva Couceiro
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Monarchy of the North

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