Bartira
Appearance
Bartira (also known as M’bicy, Burtira or Isabel Dias) (1497-1580)[1] was the daughter of Tibiriçá, Chief of the Tupiniquim people of Piratininga and other tribes.
Bartira took the name Isabel Dias and married a Portuguese man, João Ramalho,[2] whose settlement became the nucleus of the modern Brazilian city of São Paulo.[3]
She and Ramalho had a number of children who married into prominent Portuguese/Brazilian families. Through her daughter, Joana, she is an ancestress of Queen Silvia of Sweden.[4]
References
- ^ "GAROA HISTÓRICA". www.garoahistorica.com.br. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "EM SÃO PAULO, UMA HISTÓRIA DE AMOR". Ser-Tão Paulistano. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "Ramalho, João (c. 1490–c. 1580) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ "Ancestry of Queen Silvia of Sweden (b. 1943)". www.wargs.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.