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.[1]

Career

Mouzinho de Albuquerque in 1897
With his wife, 1898

Having served in India during the 1880's, Mouzinho de Albuquerque was 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. During his time as governor, Mouzinho served as commander of a cavalry squadron that fought Gungunhane. On December 28, 1895, Mouzinho captured Gungunhane in Chaimite without firing a gunshot.[2]

He was the instructor of Crown Prince Luís Filipe.

He allegedly committed suicide at the entrance of the Jardim das Laranjeiras in Lisbon on January 8, 1902 (some sources claim he was killed).

Honours

Equestrian statue at Maputo's Fortress
Mouzinho de Albuquerque on a Portuguese 20 escudo note issued in the 1940s

He was depicted in a 20 Portuguese escudo note issued in the 1940s.[3]

Memorial

The Rotunda da Boavista, also known as the Praça de Mouzinho de Albuquerque, honors the soldier.[4]

Works

  • O Exercito nas Colonias Orientais, (Military of the Eastern Colonies) Minerva Commercial, 1893.
  • Relatório sobre a prisão do Gungunhana, Lourenço Marques, Typ. Nacional, 1896.
  • A prisão do Gungunhana (Gungunhana Prison), Lourenço Marques, Typ. Nacional de Sampaio e Carvalho, 1896.
  • Campanha contra o Maguiguana nos territórios de Gaza em 1897 (Campaign Against Maguiguana in the Territories of Gaza (Mozambique) in 1897, 1897.
  • Providências... desde 1 de Dezembro de 1896 até 18 de Novembro de 1897 (Providences.. Since 1 December 1896 to 18 November 1897), Lisbon, Imp. Nacional, 1898.
  • Moçambique 1896-1898 (Mozambique 1896-1898), Lisbon, Manoel Gomes, 1899.
  • Entre mortos, carta inédita de Mouzinho de Albuquerque a sua Alteza o Príncipe Real D. Luis de Bragança, Lisbon, Tip. "A Editora", 1908.
  • Livro das campanhas (Books on Campaigns), Lisbon, Div. de Publicações e Bibliotecas, 1935.
  • Mouzinho de Albuquerque : a renúncia do Comissário Régio, Lourenço Marques, Minerva Central, 1953.
  • Pensamento e acção de Mouzinho em Moçambique : antologia, Lisbon, Gráf. Boa Nova, 1956.

References

  1. ↑ Portuguese Noble Annual: 2006", António Luís Cansado de Carvalho de Matos e Silva, Dislivro Histórica, 1st edition, Lisbon, 2006, vol. III, p. 1274
  2. ↑ Azevedo, Mario; Emmanuel Nnadozie; Tomé Mbuia-João (2003). Historical dictionary of Mozambique (2nd ed.). Lanham, Md. [u.a.]: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810837927.
  3. ↑ http://zescudo.blogspot.pt/2010/11/20-escudos-chapa-5-ouro.html
  4. ↑ Sofia Baptista. "Mouzinho de Albuquerque Square". localporto.com/. Local POrto. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

Further reading

  • "Mouzinho de Albuquerque - História e Genealogia" ("Mouzinho de Albuquerque - History and Genealogy"), Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha, Author's Edition, 1st ed., 1971, vol.I, p. 188-200
Preceded by
Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho		 Interim governor of Portuguese India
1889		 Succeeded by
28th Council of Government of the State of India, which included
himself, António Sebastião Valente, Joaquim Borges de Azevedo Enes and José Inácio de Brito
Preceded by
himself		 Council of Government of the State of India
1889
with António Sebastião Valente, Joaquim Borges de Azevedo Enes and José Inácio de Brito 		Succeeded by
Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses
Preceded by
Joaquim da Graça Correia e Lança		 Governor-general of Mozambique
1896-1897		 Succeeded by
Baltasar Freire Cabral
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