Henrique Lopes de Mendonça
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Henrique Lopes de Mendonça | |
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| Born | 3 July 1856 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 24 August 1931 (aged 75) Lisbon, Portuguese Republic |
| Occupation(s) | Naval officer, poet and playwright |
| Known for | Writer of the lyrics of the Portuguese national anthem |
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Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (3 July 1856 – 24 August 1931) was a Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist, novella and short story writer, and naval officer.[1][2] He wrote several plays, and with his friend, the composer Alfredo Keil, he wrote the lyrics of the future Portuguese national anthem, A Portuguesa, which was officially adopted in 1911.[3]
Family
[edit]He married Maria Amélia Bordalo Pinheiro, daughter of famous painter Manuel Gustavo Bordalo Pinheiro and wife Augusta Maria do Ó de Carvalho Prostes, and had issue, three children:
- Virgínia Bordalo Pinheiro Lopes de Mendonça (1881–1969), twin, a short story writer and playwright, unmarried and without issue
- Vasco Bordalo Pinheiro Lopes de Mendonça (1881–1963), twin, married to Maria Adelaide dos Santos, and had issue, two children:
- Manuel Vasco dos Santos Lopes de Mendonça, unmarried and without issue
- Maria da Graça dos Santos Lopes de Mendonça, married on 11 May 1939 to Jorge Maia Ramos Pereira (Vila Praia de Âncora, 6 April 1901 – Lisbon, 16 March 1974), an Officer of the Portuguese Navy, without issue
- Alda Bordalo Pinheiro Lopes de Mendonça, unmarried and without issue
References
[edit]- ^ Russell-Wood, A.; Winius, G. (2007). "Portuguese Literature". In Hattendorfc, John J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Silva, João (2016). "Opera, Operetta, and Revista: Music and Entertainment in Lisbon". Entertaining Lisbon: Music, Theater, and Modern Life in the Late 19th Century Entertaining Lisbon: Music, Theater, and Modern Life in the Late 19th Century. New York: Oxford Academic Press. pp. 75–150. ISBN 9780190215729.
- ^ Cavalcante Padilha, Laura (2010). "On Lusism and Lusofonia". In Aseguinolaza, Fernando Cabo; González, Anxo Abuín; Domínguez, César (eds.). A Comparative History of Literatures in the Iberian Peninsula. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 171. ISBN 978-90-272-3457-5. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
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