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Jerónimo de Albuquerque
Jerónimo de Albuquerque was a Portuguese nobleman in Brazil, the brother-in-law of Duarte Coelho, first donatary of the Captaincy of Pernambuco. He governed the captaincy for long periods during the absence and minority of its heirs, fighting the Indigenous peoples and promoting sugar plantations. He had many children with his Tabajara wife, Maria do Espírito Santo Arcoverde, and is known as the patriarch of many Pernambucan families.
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