Name Joaquim Mouzinho | Preceded by Himself Monarch Carlos I of Portugal | |
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Preceded by Augusto Cesar Cardoso de Carvalho Preceded by Joaquim da Graca Correia e Lanca Succeeded by | ||
Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque (November 12, 1855 in Batalha, Quinta da Várzea – January 8, 1902 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese cavalry officer. He captured Gungunhana in Chaimite (1895) and pacified Mozambique. He was a grandson of Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque.
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Career
Highly respected in Portuguese society of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was seen as the hope and symbol of Portuguese reaction to threats against Portuguese interests in Africa from other European empires.
He married his cousin Maria José Mascarenhas de Mendonça Gaivão (Lagoa, July 23, 1857 –Lisbon, September 2, 1950), without issue.
He was governor of Gaza Province and Mozambique until 1898 when he returned to Portugal.
He was the instructor of Crown Prince Luís Filipe.
He allegedly committed suicide in 1902 (some sources claim he was killed).
Honours
He was depicted in a 20 Portuguese escudo note issued in the 1940s.
Memorial
The Rotunda da Boavista, also known as the Praça de Mouzinho de Albuquerque, honors the soldier.