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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Afonzo de Albuquerque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | He was second son of Gonzallo de Albuquerque, lord of Villaverde, and became attached to the person of the king of Portugal. |
 | | While Albuquerque was thus establishing Portugues colonization in India on a firm footing, and planning advances beyond Eastern Asia, the Crown of Portugal was listening to intrigues to his prejudice. |
 | | Perhaps the earliest mention of Albuquerque and his achievements in the Far East is due to King Emmanuel himself in his letter of "idus Junias", 1513, Epistola Potentissimi Regis Portugalensis et Algarbiarum, etc., De Victoriis habitis in India et Malachia (Rome, 9 Aug., 1518), wherein the King calls him (perhaps a misprint) "Albiecherqe". |
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