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Rego was born on 26 January 1935 in Lisbon, Portugal. [4] Her father was an electrical engineer who worked for the Marconi Company and was ardently anti-fascist. [5] [6] Her mother was a competent artist but, as a conventional Portuguese woman from the early 20th century, gave her daughter no encouragement towards a career, even though she began drawing at age 4. [7]
Catherine of Braganza (Portuguese: Catarina de Bragança; 25 November 1638 – 31 December 1705) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland during her marriage to King Charles II, which lasted from 21 May 1662 until his death on 6 February 1685.
Portuguese Woman, also known as Tall Portuguese Woman, is an oil and wax on canvas painting by the French painter Robert Delaunay, created in 1916. It is held in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, in Madrid. [1] There are others similary named paintings by the same artist from this phase, in other museums. [2]
Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁɔzɐ ˈmɔtɐ]; born 29 June 1958) is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes, being the first sportswoman from Portugal to win Olympic gold. Mota was the first woman to win multiple Olympic marathon medals as well as being the ...
Teresa Heinz (born Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira; October 5, 1938), [1] [2] also known as Teresa Heinz Kerry, [2] is a Portuguese-American businesswoman and philanthropist. Heinz is the widow of former U.S. Senator John Heinz and the current wife of former United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate , longtime U.S. Senator ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Portuguese This category exists only as a container for other categories of Portuguese women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:15th-century Portuguese people. It includes Portuguese people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Apart from being a woman, Da Gama was atypical among sixteenth-century writers. She was neither an aristocrat, despite having noble parents, nor was she close to the power of the Court. She did not have access to high-level instruction, she was not a Latinist, nor had she any great or varied knowledge. She was basically self-taught. [5]