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The origins of the Corte-Real family lie in the 14th century, when Vasco Anes da Costa, a Portuguese knight from Tavira, was one of the supporters of the pretensions of John Master of Aviz to the Portuguese throne and after him, his homonym son, who participated on the conquest of Ceuta, being one the first warriors to cross the wall of the moor city.
Cristóvão de Moura (1538–1613) was a Portuguese nobleman who established his fortune during the second of half of the sixteenth century. He backed the claims of King Philip II of Spain to the throne of Portugal and led the Spanish party during Portuguese succession crisis of 1580 that led to the Iberian Union.
Manuel Corte-Real was born on 29 October 1940, in Lapa, Lisbon.He earned a licentiate degree in History from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, [1] where he taught as a lecturer (assistente) from 1966 to 1970.
Gaspar Corte-Real (c. 1450–1501), Portuguese explorer and brother of Miguel; Jerónimo Corte-Real (1533–1588), Portuguese epic poet; Manuel de Moura e Corte Real, 2nd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo (1590–1651), Portuguese Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1644–1647) Ships. CMA CGM Corte Real, a containership
Garrido was born in the Kingdom of Kongo situated in West Central Africa [8] in about 1480, [9] and came to Portugal as a youth. [8] Crossing the Atlantic and arriving in Santo Domingo, Hispaniola in 1502 or 1503, Garrido was among the earliest Africans to reach the Americas.
Juan Cruz Real (born 8 October 1976) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Real had numerous stints in South American leagues, and finished off his career in the Canadian Professional Soccer League .
Gregorio Cortez Lira was born in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, [13] near the U.S.-Mexico border, the son of Roman Cortez Garza, a rancher, and Rosalia Lira Cortinas. In 1887, the Cortez family moved to Manor, Texas near Austin.
A 1550 Spanish cabasset, somewhat similar to the morion though it lacks the comb and has a taller crown, and is a different shape, Museo Naval de Madrid A similar helmet, the cabasset (Catalan: cabasset) (Spanish: capacete) was also worn during the 16th century and also originated in Spain, but it is unclear if it predated the morion or was an adaptation of it, with some sources saying it was ...