Family tree of Barbara de Alencar
South American and Central American politician
Born Bárbara Pereira de Alencar
Brazilian merchant and revolutionary
Born on February 11, 1760 in Exu, Pernambuco , Brazil
Died on August 18, 1832 in Fronteiras, Piauí , Brazil
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Bárbara Pereira de Alencar (11 February 1760 – 18 August 1832) was a Brazilian merchant and revolutionary. She was a major figure in the Pernambucan revolt. She was briefly the president of the Republic of Crato, which was set up in revolt against the Brazilian government. Within 8 days she was captured and tortured by the monarchy, making her the first political prisoner in the history of Brazil.
... Bárbara Pereira de Alencar (11 February 1760 – 18 August 1832) was a Brazilian merchant and revolutionary. She was a major figure in the Pernambucan revolt. She was briefly the president of the Republic of Crato, which was set up in revolt against the Brazilian government. Within 8 days she was captured and tortured by the monarchy, making her the first political prisoner in the history of Brazil.
Biography
De Alencar was born in a wealthy family of landowners on 11 February 1760, in Exu, Pernambuco, then a rural part of Pernambuco, and as a teenager she moved to Crato (then a village) in Ceará. There she married the Portuguese trader José Gonçalves dos Santos, and the two established properties where they profited from the work of enslaved people.
The De Alencar family was key during the Pernambucan revolt, based in Crato. Barbara was the head of the provisional government that was established by the revolutionaries, serving as the president of the Republic of Crato for 8 days. However, she was quickly captured, and was held and tortured in the fortress Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção. This made her the first political prisoner in the history of Brazil.
De Alencar survived the 70-day Pernambucan revolt and her capture by the authorities, but she was repeatedly forced to flee from political persecution, until she died in 1832 in Fronteiras, Piauí.
In addition to being a revolutionary herself, Bárbara de Alencar was the mother of the revolutionaries José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar and Tristão Gonçalves (pt), the grandmother of Brazil's most important literary figure and writer José de Alencar, and an ancestor of the author Paulo Coelho.
Impact
The Centro Cultural Bárbara de Alencar (Bárbara de Alencar Cultural Center) awards the Bárbara de Alencar Medal every year to three women who act in ways that improve society
The administrative center of the Government of Ceará is called the Bárbara de Alencar Administrative Center
A statue of Bárbara de Alencar stands in Fortaleza
de Alencar's name is inscribed in the book of Brazilian national heroes in the federal cenotaph Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom
de Alencar was the subject of an epic poem by the writer Caetano Ximenes de Aragão (pt)
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... Bárbara Pereira de Alencar (11 February 1760 – 18 August 1832) was a Brazilian merchant and revolutionary. She was a major figure in the Pernambucan revolt. She was briefly the president of the Republic of Crato, which was set up in revolt against the Brazilian government. Within 8 days she was captured and tortured by the monarchy, making her the first political prisoner in the history of Brazil.
Biography
De Alencar was born in a wealthy family of landowners on 11 February 1760, in Exu, Pernambuco, then a rural part of Pernambuco, and as a teenager she moved to Crato (then a village) in Ceará. There she married the Portuguese trader José Gonçalves dos Santos, and the two established properties where they profited from the work of enslaved people.
The De Alencar family was key during the Pernambucan revolt, based in Crato. Barbara was the head of the provisional government that was established by the revolutionaries, serving as the president of the Republic of Crato for 8 days. However, she was quickly captured, and was held and tortured in the fortress Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Assunção. This made her the first political prisoner in the history of Brazil.
De Alencar survived the 70-day Pernambucan revolt and her capture by the authorities, but she was repeatedly forced to flee from political persecution, until she died in 1832 in Fronteiras, Piauí.
In addition to being a revolutionary herself, Bárbara de Alencar was the mother of the revolutionaries José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar and Tristão Gonçalves (pt), the grandmother of Brazil's most important literary figure and writer José de Alencar, and an ancestor of the author Paulo Coelho.
Impact
The Centro Cultural Bárbara de Alencar (Bárbara de Alencar Cultural Center) awards the Bárbara de Alencar Medal every year to three women who act in ways that improve society
The administrative center of the Government of Ceará is called the Bárbara de Alencar Administrative Center
A statue of Bárbara de Alencar stands in Fortaleza
de Alencar's name is inscribed in the book of Brazilian national heroes in the federal cenotaph Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom
de Alencar was the subject of an epic poem by the writer Caetano Ximenes de Aragão (pt)
References
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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