Antónia Rodrigues
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Antónia Rodrigues | |
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Born | 1580 Aveiro, Portugal |
Died | 1641 (aged 60–61) |
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Antónia Rodrigues (Aveiro, Portugal, 1580-1641), was a Portuguese soldier and national heroine.
She dressed herself as a man, adopted the name of António Rodrigues and joined the crew of a ship loaded with wheat that was heading to the Portuguese territory of Mazagan, in Morocco.
After her arrival at Mazagan she enlisted in the local infantry. She made herself noted for her campaigns against the moors and had a successful military career. She was eventually discovered, but married a colleague and was decorated for service by Philip II of Portugal. After she retired from service, she lived an anonymous civil life in Portugal and was no longer heard of.
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- António Maria José de Melo César e Meneses Sabugosa (conde de). Neves de Antanho. [S.l.]: Livraria Bertrand. 315 p.
Categories:
- 1580 births
- Portuguese soldiers
- Female wartime cross-dressers
- Women in 17th-century warfare
- People from Aveiro, Portugal
- 16th-century Portuguese people
- 17th-century Portuguese people
- Women in European warfare
- Portuguese people stubs