‎Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque (Batalha

Batalha

Batalha is a town located in the Batalha Municipality in Leiria District, Pinhal Litoral Subregion, Centro Region, with 7,500 inhabitants.It is the seat of the municipality of the same name with 103.56 km² of area and 15,002 inhabitants , subdivided into 4 parishes Batalha is a town...

, Quinta da Várzea, November 12, 1855 – Lisbon

Lisbon

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, January 8, 1902) was a Portuguese soldier. He captured Gungunhana

Gungunhana

Ngungunyane, also known as Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, N'gungunhana, or Gungunhana Reinaldo Frederico Gungunhana, was a tribal king and vassal of the Portuguese Empire, who rebelled, was defeated by General Joaquim Mouzinho de Albuquerque and lived out the rest of his life in exile, first in...

 in Chaimite (1895) and pacified Mozambique. He was a grandson of Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque

Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque

Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque was a Portuguese military officer, engineer, poet, scientist and politician, who distinguished himself during the Liberal Wars and in the conflicts that marked Portugal's history in the first half of the 19th century...

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Highly respected in Portuguese society of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was seen as the hope and symbol of Portuguese reaction to threats against Portuguese interests in Africa

Africa

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 from the more powerful northern European empires, such as Great Britain

Great Britain

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He married his cousin Maria José Mascarenhas de Mendonça Gaivão (July 23, 1857 – ?), without issue.

He was governor of Gaza Province

Gaza Province

Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km² and a population of 1,333,106 .Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is to the east, Manica Province to the north, Maputo Province to the south, South Africa to the west, and Zimbabwe to the...

 and Mozambique until 1898 when he returned to Portugal.

He was the instructor of Crown Prince Luís Filipe

Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza

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He allegedly committed suicide in 1902 (some sources claim he was killed).