Bartira (also known as M’bicy, Burtira or Isabel Dias) (1497-1580) was the daughter of

Tibiriçá Chief Tibiriçá (died 1562) baptized as Martim Afonso was an Amerindian leader who converted to Christianity under the auspices of José de Anchieta. He led the Tupiniquim people of Piratininga and other tribes. His daughter, Bartira, took the n ...

, Chief of the

Tupiniquim people Tupiniquim (also Tupinã-ki, Topinaquis, Tupinaquis, Tupinanquins, Tupiniquins) are an indigenous people of Brazil, who now live in three indigenous territories (''Terras Indígenas'' in Portuguese). The indigenous territories (Caieiras Velhas ...

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and other tribes. Bartira took the name Isabel Dias and married a Portuguese man,

João Ramalho João Ramalho () (1493–1582) was a Portuguese explorer and adventurer known as the first bandeirante. He lived much of his life among Tupiniquim natives in Brazil after he arrived there in 1515. He even became the leader of an Indian village ...

, whose settlement became the nucleus of the modern Brazilian city of

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. She and Ramalho had a number of children who married into prominent Portuguese/Brazilian families.

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