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Francisco Manuel de Melo

Type Figure Region Portugal Time 1608–1666 Also known as Francisco Manuel de Melo、D. Francisco Manuel de Melo

Portuguese soldier, diplomat, and writer (1597–1663) who took part in the Thirty Years' War and later joined the Portuguese Restoration movement;…

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  1. 1618–1640Flanders · FlandersTraveled to the continent in his youth to serve, took part in the Thirty Years' War, and gained military experience in Flanders and elsewhere. After the Restoration movement broke out in 1640, he switched his allegiance to the cause of Portuguese independence.
  2. 1651–1666Lisbon · PortugalOrdered in 1651 to serve as envoy to England, where he negotiated a military alliance with Cromwell's government. He thereafter continued to take part in military command during the Restoration War and to write literature until his death in 1663.

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