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Figuras históricas com particular importância, pela sua acção directa ou indirecta nos destinos do complexo monumental de Tomar. Breves biografias.

King Afonso Henriques (c.1109 - 1185)

Afonso Henriques was the son of Henry (Henrique) of Burgundy and his wife Teresa. He was most likely born in 1109 in Coimbra. At the age of 13 he made himself a knight in Zamora Cathedral. (...)
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D. Gualdim Pais (1118-1195)

Gualdim Pais (1118-1195) was born in Amares near Braga. As a knight to King Afonso Henriques who took part in the Portuguese crusades and a Templarian friar, he was responsible for the founding and settling of Tomar. (...)
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King Dinis (1261 - 1325)

The sixth King of Portugal. Dinis was the son of Afonso III and Beatriz of Castile. He was born on 9 October 1261 and died in Santarém on 7 January 1325. He was crowned in Lisbon in 1279 and had one of the longest reigns of Portuguese monarchs - 46 years. (...)
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King João I (1357 - 1433)

Décimo Rei de Portugal, nasceu em Lisboa a 11 de Abril de 1357. Era filho ilegítimo do rei D. Pedro I e de Teresa Lourenço, jovem filha do mercador lisboeta Lourenço Martins. Após a morte do Rei D. Fernando, inicia-se um conturbado período de guerra com C (...)
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D. Lopo Dias de Sousa (1359 – 1417)

Dom Lopo Dias de Sousa (1359 - 1417) was the seventh and last religious and canonical master of the Order of Christ. It was under his leadership that the knights joined with the Order of St. John (Hospitallers) of Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira and the militia (...)
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King Duarte (1391 - 1438)

The eleventh King of Portugal, Duarte was the son of João I and Philippa of Lancaster. He was born in Viseu on 31 October 1391. His reign was short but decisive, lasting only five years. He strongly advanced the internal administration and maritime expans (...)
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Prince Henry the Navigator (1394 - 1460)

Prince Henrique, who became known as Henry the Navigator, was the fifth child of King João I and Philippa of Lancaster. He was born on 4 March 1394 in Porto. When he was fourteen his father granted him a house with his own income and favours. (...)
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King João II (1455 - 1495)

Filho de D. Afonso V, subiu ao trono em 1481. Estava envolvido na política de expansão do Reino, desde 1474, a qual dirigia com grande visão, apesar de não ter ainda vinte anos. (...)
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King Manuel I (1469 - 1521)

The fourteenth King of Portugal, Manuel I was the ninth child of the Infante Fernando and Dona Brites. He was born on 31 May 1469 in Alcochete. (...)
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Diogo de Arruda (14?? - 1531)

The oldest documented work of this Portuguese architect is the new palace at Évora Monte Castle. Diogo de Arruda (14?? - 1531) is one of the major figures associated with the building of the Convent of Christ, where he was master builder from 1510 to 1513 (...)
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João de Castilho (c. 1470 - 1552)

Nascido por volta de 1470, realizou a maioria da sua obra em Portugal, apesar de ser natural da Cantábria, Espanha. No Convento de Cristo, começou por fazer o celebrado Portal sul da igreja Manuelina, 1515, contraponto à famosa “Janela do Capítulo” desen (...)
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Jorge Afonso (c. 1475 - 1540)

Pintor português foi nomeado pintor régio por D. Manuel I em 1508. Destacam-se, no conjunto da sua obra, as pinturas da charola do Convento de Cristo, em Tomar. A sua oficina teve posição de relevo na pintura do chamado (...)
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Olivier de Gand

Entalhador flamengo contratado por D. Manuel I, na primeira metade do século XVI, para enriquecer o programa iconográfico da Charola templária com imagens esculpidas em madeira e que encontram sobre mísulas e baldaquinos, nos arcos do tambor central e na (...)
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King João III (1502 - 1557)

Born in Lisbon on 6 June 1502, João, son of Manuel I, was the fifteenth King of Portugal. He was crowned at the young age of nineteen. He married Catherine of Austria in 1525. (...)
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Diogo de Torralva

Torralva was a 16th century sculptor and architect, though it has not be established if he was from Piedmont or Spain. (...)
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Frei António de Lisboa

No Convento de Cristo, a reforma da Ordem, ordenada por D. João III, teve como principal figura, frei António Moniz, mais conhecido por frei António de Lisboa. Esta reforma, ocasionou a maior campanha de obras jamais vista no Convento de Tomar, reconduzi (...)
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Baltazar de Faria ( ?- 1584)

Baltazar de Faria († 1584), was Knight Commander of the Order of Christ and counsel to the monarchs João III, Sebastião, Cardinal King Henrique and Philip I of Portugal (Philip II of Spain). (...)
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Filippo Terzi (1520 - 1597)

An Italian architect and military engineer (1520-1597), believed to have been born in Bologna, Terzi came to Lisbon in 1577. (...)
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Philip II of Spain (Filipe I of Portugal) (1527 - 1598)

Born in Valladolid on 21 May 1527, Philip (Filipe I of Portugal) was the eighteenth King of Portugal. He died in the Escorial on 13 September 1598. (...)
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Domingos Serrão ( c. 1570 - 1632)

Pintor maneirista do século XVI, (c. 1570 – 1632), originário de Tomar. Executou, entre 1592 e 1600, duas figuras femininas, alegorias da Fé e da Caridade que se encontram pintadas nas ombreiras antiga entrada da Charola templária, virada a nascente. É-lh (...)
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Queen Maria II (1819 - 1853)

D. Maria II nasceu no Rio de Janeiro, a 4 de Abril de 1819, recebendo o nome de Maria da Glória Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga. Após a abdicação do trono, em 1826, o pai, D. Pedro IV, de (...)
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King Consort (Ferdinand) (1819 - 1885)

Fernando was a German prince, born on 29 October 1819 and baptized Ferdinand August Franz Anton of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. (...)
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Artisans and Artists

Below are the names of some of the artisans and artists who collaborated, at different stages, in the works or commissions at the Convent of Christ. Some of the names would indicate that the respective artisans were of foreign origin. (...)
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