Tomé de Sousa

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Tomé de Sousa was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and military officer best known as the first Governor-General of Brazil, where he founded the city of Salvador and helped establish colonial administration.


Statements (38)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese nobleman
colonial administrator
human
military officer
capitalFounded first capital of colonial Brazil
centuryOfActivity 16th century
continentOfActivity South America
countryOfActivity Colonial Brazil
Portugal
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Portugal
ethnicGroup Portuguese
fieldOfWork colonial governance
military affairs
founded Salvador
Salvador da Bahia
governed State of Brazil
governmentalJurisdiction Portuguese America
historicalRegion Bahia
historicalSignificance founder of Salvador as colonial capital
key figure in early Portuguese Brazil
languageSpoken Portuguese
militaryBranch Portuguese Army
nobleTitle fidalgo of the Portuguese Crown
notableFor being the first Governor-General of Brazil
establishing early Portuguese colonial administration in Brazil
founding the colonial capital of Salvador
notableWork foundation of the city of Salvador
organization of colonial administration in Brazil
occupation governor
soldier
partOf Portuguese Empire
positionHeld Governor-General of Brazil
first Governor-General of Brazil
religion Catholicism
Roman Catholic Church
residence Brazil
Salvador
roleIn Portuguese colonization of Brazil

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
foundedBy
Portuguese Empire
notableGovernor

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