Bartira (also known as M'bicy, Burtira or Isabel Dias; 1497–1580) was the daughter of

Tibiriçá Chief Tibiriçá (died 1562) baptized as Martim Afonso was an Amerindian leader who converted to Christianity under the auspices of José de Anchieta. He led the Tupiniquim people of Piratininga and other tribes. His daughter, Bartira, took the ...

, Chief of the

Tupiniquim people Tupiniquim (also Tupinã-ki, Topinaquis, Tupinaquis, Tupinanquins; plural: Tupiniquins) are an indigenous people of Brazil of the Tupi family, who now live in three indigenous territories (''Terras Indígenas'' in Portuguese). The indigenou ...

of Piratininga and other tribes. Bartira took the name Isabel Dias and married a Portuguese man, João Ramalho, whose settlement became the nucleus of the modern Brazilian city of

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

. She and Ramalho had a number of children who married into prominent Portuguese/Brazilian families.

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