Henrique Lopes de Mendonça

Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856 Lisbon - 1931) was a Portuguese poet, playwright and naval officer. He wrote several plays, and with his friend, the composer Alfredo Keil, he wrote the lyrics of the future Portuguese national anthem, A Portuguesa, which was adopted in 1911. It is pronounced Men-don-ssa.

Family

He married Maria Amélia Bordalo Pinheiro, daughter of famous painter Manuel Bordalo Pinheiro and wife Augusta Maria do Ó de Carvalho Prostes, and had issue, three children:

Virgínia Bordalo Pinheiro Lopes de Mendonça (1881-1969), twin, a short story writer and playwright, unmarried and without issue
Vasco Bordalo Pinheiro Lopes de Mendonça (1881-1963), twin, married to Maria Adelaide dos Santos, and had issue, two children:
- Manuel Vasco dos Santos Lopes de Mendonça, unmarried and without issue
- Maria da Graça dos Santos Lopes de Mendonça, married on 11 May 1939 to Jorge Maia Ramos Pereira (Caminha, Vila Praia de Âncora, 6 April 1901 – Lisbon, 16 March 1974), an Officer of the Portuguese Navy, without issue
Alda Bordalo Pinheiro Lopes de Mendonça, unmarried and without issue

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Name	Mendonca, Henrique Lopes de
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Date of birth	1856
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Date of death	1939
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