1079 - 1170
Gonçalo Mendes da Maia Portuguese Military
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Details
| Birthday |
30th November, 1078
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| Birthplace |
Maia, County of Portugal
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| Died |
1170
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| Place of Death |
Beja, Kingdom of Portugal
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| Nationality |
Portuguese
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| Occupation Text |
Knight, military commander
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| Occupation |
Military
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Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (Maia?, 1079? — Alentejo, 1170), also known as O Lidador (The Toiler), so named for his fearlessness in the struggle against the Saracens, was a Portuguese knight of the time of Afonso Henriques, about whom tradition relates important achievements in the events preceding the independence of Portugal. He had a military post as a fronteiro in the border town of Beja, where he died in 1170, while fighting against a Muslim army. According to some documents, he was at the time ninety years old. Traditionally, Gonçalo Mendes da Maia is considered a hero of both the city of Maia, the homeland of the Mendes da Maia family, and Beja.
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