Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque

Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque
Interim Governor of Portuguese India
In office 1889–1889
Monarch	Carlos I of Portugal
Preceded by	Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho
Succeeded by	Council of Government
Counsellor of Government of Portuguese India
In office 1889–1889
Monarch	Carlos I of Portugal
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
Governor-General of Portuguese Mozambique
In office 1896–1897
Monarch	Carlos I of Portugal
Preceded by	Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança
Succeeded by	Baltasar Freire Cabral
Personal details
Born	12 November 1855 Batalha, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	8 January 1902 (1902-01-09) (aged 46) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Portuguese Empire
Service/branch	Army
Rank	Lieutenant-coronel

Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque (November 12, 1855 in Batalha, Quinta da Várzea – January 8, 1902 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese cavalry officer. He captured Gungunhana in Chaimite (1895) and pacified Mozambique. He was a grandson of Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque.

Career

Highly respected in Portuguese society of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was seen as the hope and symbol of Portuguese reaction to threats against Portuguese interests in Africa from other European empires.

He married his cousin Maria José Mascarenhas de Mendonça Gaivão (Lagoa, July 23, 1857 –Lisbon, September 2, 1950), without issue.

He was governor of Gaza Province and Mozambique until 1898 when he returned to Portugal.

He was the instructor of Crown Prince Luís Filipe.

He allegedly committed suicide in 1902 (some sources claim he was killed).

Memorial

The Rotunda da Boavista, also known as the Praça de Mouzinho de Albuquerque, honors the soldier.^[1]

Mouzinho de Albuquerque in 1897

With his wife, 1898

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