Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco

Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco was a Portuguese Captainmajor, founder of the city of Belm, capital of Par , on January 12, 1616.

He was born in the Portuguese town of Castelo Branco, in 1566. Was Captainmajor of the Captaincy the Rio Grande , from 1612 to 1614, and the captaincy of Bahia, from 1615 to 1618. While serving in the garrison of Pernambuco, was sent as commander of an expedition to rescue the Portuguese troops who, under the command of Jernimo de Albuquerque Maranho, fought against the French in Maranho.

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