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Cândido Da Fonseca Galvão
Cândido da Fonseca Galvão, also known as Dom Obá II D'África (Lençóis, 1845-1890), was a Brazilians, Brazilian military officer and nobleman. A grandson of the Oba (king), Obá Abiodun (Oyo ruler), Abiodun of the Oyo Empire, he held the title of Oba (ruler)#Oloye, Omoba among the Yoruba people of West Africa. Galvão’s father, Benvindo, was freed on an unknown date in the first half of the nineteenth century. Upon his freedom, he sought to take advantage of the emerging Lençóis diamond rush in north eastern Brazil. Evidence suggests that he arrived around the year of 1845, although there are no birth certificates to corroborate, it is estimated his son Cândido da Fonseca Galvão was born shortly after. Enlistment Campaign Galvão enlisted into the Brazilian military in 1865 as a freedman to fight for his home country in the upcoming war against Paraguay revolving around territorial disputes. However Galvão did not enlist alone, he arrived as the leader of a group of 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Oba II
Dom or DOM may refer to: People and fictional characters * Dom (given name), including fictional characters * Dom (surname) * Dom La Nena (born 1989), stage name of Brazilian-born cellist, singer and songwriter Dominique Pinto * Dom people, an ethnic group in the Middle East * Domba or Dom, an ethnic group in India * Doms, people of indigenous origin found in the Indian state of West Bengal Arts and entertainment * Dom (film), ''Dom'' (film), a 1958 Polish film * DOM (album), ''DOM'' (album), a 2012 album by German singer Joachim Witt * DOM (band), a band from Worcester, Massachusetts, US Linguistics * Differential object marking, a linguistic phenomenon * Dom language, spoken in Papua New Guinea Places * Dom (mountain), Switzerland, the third highest mountain in the Alps * Overseas department, (''Département d'outre-mer''), a department of France that is outside metropolitan France * Dóm Square, a large town square in Szeged, Hungary * Dominican Republic (ISO 3166-1 country cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
