page_title: Matias de Albuquerque, Count of Alegrete
hierarchical_section_title: Matias de Albuquerque, Count of Alegrete
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait painting of D. Matias de Albuquerque, Count of Alegrete (1595?-1647), painted 1673-1675 by Feliciano de Almeida. Currently at Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Português: Retrato de D. Matias de Albuquerque, Conde de Alegrete (1595?-1647), pintado em 1673-1675 por Feliciano de Almeida. Actualmente na Galleria degli Uffizi, em Florença, Itália.
context_page_description: Matias de Albuquerque, the first and only Count of Alegrete, was a Brazilian colonial administrator and soldier. He was nicknamed "Hero of Two Continents" for his performance, beginning in 1624, against the Dutch invaders of colonial Brazil and for his role, beginning in 1641, as a general in Portugal, fighting for João IV during the Portuguese Restoration War, where he won the battle of Montijo over the Spaniards. For this victory he was rewarded by the King with the title of Count of Alegrete.
  The youngest son of Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho, Matias was baptized as Paulo de Albuquerque, but he changed his name to Matias to honor his relative and godfather, Matias de Albuquerque, who was the Viceroy of India.
context_section_description: Matias de Albuquerque (Olinda, colony of Brazil, 1580s – Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal, 9 June 1647), the first and only Count of Alegrete, was a Brazilian colonial administrator and soldier. He was nicknamed "Hero of Two Continents" for his performance, beginning in 1624, against the Dutch invaders of colonial Brazil (Captaincy of Pernambuco) and for his role, beginning in 1641, as a general in Portugal, fighting for João IV during the Portuguese Restoration War, where he won the battle of Montijo over the Spaniards (1644). For this victory he was rewarded by the King with the title of Count of Alegrete.
  The youngest son of Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho, Matias was baptized as Paulo de Albuquerque, but he changed his name to Matias to honor his relative and godfather, Matias de Albuquerque, who was the Viceroy of India.
caption: The Count of Alegrete by Feliciano de Almeida (1673-5), in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
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