Fidalgo
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Fidalgo, from Galician fillo de algo and Portuguese filho de algo—equivalent to a nobleman, but sometimes literally translated into English as "nobleman" —is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility
Portrait of a Young Fidalgo; a 16th-century rendition of a young Portuguese nobleman.
Brazilian nobility
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The Brazilian nobility refers to the titled aristocrats and fidalgo people and families recognized by the Kingdom of Brazil and later, by the Empire of Brazil, dating back to the early 19th century, w
Fidalgo
…filho de algo—equivalent to a nobleman, but sometimes literally translated into English as "nobleman" —is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility and Brazilian nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility. A fidalgo is comparable in some ways to the French gentilhomme (the word also implies…
The Last Empire Ball, on 9 November 1889 at Ilha Fiscal by Aurélio de Figueiredo.
José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, famous diplomat who served in both imperial and republican governments.