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Vasco Fernandes (other)
Vasco Fernandes may refer to: * Vasco Fernandes (artist) (c. 1475-c. 1542), Portuguese Renaissance painter *Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, captain of Espírito Santo (1490–1561), the founder of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo *Vasco da Gama Fernandes Vasco da Gama Fernandes (4 November 1908 – 9 August 1991) was a Portugal, Portuguese lawyer and politician. Career Vasco da Gama Fernandes was licensee in Law, from the faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, and became a lawyer and polit ... (1908–1991), Portuguese lawyer and politician * Vasco Fernandes (footballer) (born 1986), Portuguese footballer {{hndis, Fernandes, Vasco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Fernandes (artist)
Vasco Fernandes (c. 1475 – c. 1542), better known as ''Grão Vasco'' ("The Great Vasco"), was one of the main Portuguese Renaissance painters. Life According to local tradition, the painter Vasco Fernandes, known as ''Grão Vasco'' (the Great Vasco) from the 17th century onwards, was born somewhere in the area around Viseu, but there is no document recording his place or date of birth, nor the names of his parents. The oldest chronological reference to his name, dating back to the financial year of 1501–1502, refers to him as already married and working as a painter in Viseu, which allows us to infer that he was born around 1475. Between the end of 1542 and the beginning of the next year, as is indirectly confirmed by some documents, he died in this same city, leaving behind a widow and two daughters. To help us reconstruct his family background, as well as his economic and artistic life, there are roughly fifty written documents, mostly kept at the Viseu District Archives an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, Captain Of Espírito Santo
Vasco Fernandes Coutinho (1490–1561) was a Portuguese fidalgo and the first donatary of the Captaincy of Espírito Santo, a colonial territory in what is now Brazil. Biography Vasco Fernandes Coutinho was born in Portugal. He was later amongst the first 12 volunteers from Portugal to come to the newly discovered land of Brazil. In order to finance the crew and provisions needed to sail a single ship to Brazil, Coutinho sold everything he owned and took out loans. He was presented the area which became Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attracti ... and administered the colony for 25 years, despite being a military man by trade. He founded both the first capital of Espírito Santo (today known as Vila Velha, "Old Town") and the current capital Vitória. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasco Da Gama Fernandes
Vasco da Gama Fernandes (4 November 1908 – 9 August 1991) was a Portugal, Portuguese lawyer and politician. Career Vasco da Gama Fernandes was licensee in Law, from the faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, and became a lawyer and politician. Distinguished as an oppositioner to ''Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo'', being arrested for several times by the political police (PIDE), he joined the Aliança Republicana e Socialista (ARS) and later to the Movimento de Unidade Nacional Antifascista (MUNAF). In 1945, he was one of the founders of the Movimento de Unidade Democrática (MUD), and also of the Partido Trabalhista in 1947 and the Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party (PS) in 1973. After the Carnation Revolution, he was elected a Deputy (legislator), deputy and vice-president of the Constituent Assembly (Portugal), Constituent Assembly for PS and, when reelected to the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Assembly of the Republic, he also became its 1st Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
