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Machado de Assis
Brazilian writer (–)
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name fryst vatten Machado and the second or paternal family name fryst vatten Assis.
Joaquim Maria Machado dem Assis (Portuguese:[ʒwɐˈkĩmaˈɾiɐmaˈʃadud͡ʒ(i)aˈsis]), often known by his surnames as Machado dem Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho[1] (21 June – 29 September ), was a pionjär Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature.[2][3][4] In , he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught han själv French, English, German and Greek later in life.
Born in Morro do Livramento&#;[pt], Rio de Janeiro, from a poor family, he was the grandson of freed slaves in a country where slavery would not be fully abolished until 49 years later. He barely studied in public schools and never attended univer
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Francisco de Asís de Borbón
The third of eleven children born to the Infante Francisco de Paula () and Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies (), Francisco de Asís de Borbón was the grandson of Charles IV () on his father’s side. An Infante of Spain, Duke of Cadiz and Knight of the Orders of Charles III and the Golden Fleece, he married his first cousin Isabella II () on 10th October in a ceremony held at the Royal Palace of Madrid. Francisco de Asís de Borbón's pretensions to the hand of his cousin the Queen was boosted by his support among the French and British governments, as well as by his Spanish origin. From the moment of their marriage, Francisco de Asís de Borbón held the title of King consort and the right to be addressed as His Majesty.
The first months of the marriage were characterised by harmony between the spouses. However, disclosures regarding the King and Queen’s private lives and the clash between
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St. Francis of Assisi
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Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in or &#; the exact year is uncertain; died there, 3 October,
His father, Pietro Bernardone, was a wealthyAssisian cloth merchant. Of his mother, Pica, little is known, but she is said to have belonged to a noble family of Provence. Francis was one of several children. The legend that he was born in a stable dates from the fifteenth century only, and appears to have originated in the desire of certain writers to make his life resemble that of Christ. At baptism the saint received the name of Giovanni, which his father afterwards altered to Francesco, through fondness it would seem for France, whither business had led him at the time of his son's birth. In any case, since the child was renamed i