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Filipa Moniz Perestrelo

1455 - 1485

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Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (c. 1455 – between 1479 and 1484) was a Portuguese noblewoman from Porto Santo Island, in Madeira, Portugal. She married Christopher Columbus in 1479 at Vila Baleira on the island. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Filipa Moniz Perestrelo is the 190th most popular explorer (down from 154th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 147th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo ranks 190 out of 498. Before her are Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Matthew Flinders, John Marshall, Hanno the Navigator, James Bruce, and Annie Londonderry. After her are Alexander Mackenzie, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Gaspar Corte-Real, Simon Fraser, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, and Rodrigo de Bastidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1455, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo ranks 9. Before her are Johann Reuchlin, Sophia Palaiologina, Andrea Gritti, Ascanio Sforza, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and George, Duke of Bavaria. After her are Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, Jean Hey, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Francesco Alidosi, and Tullio Lombardo. Among people deceased in 1485, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo ranks 5. Before her are Richard III of England, Anne Neville, Rodolphus Agricola, and Giovanni Mocenigo. After her are Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and Vuk Grgurević.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo ranks 180 out of 633. Before her are Almeida Garrett (1799), Jesualdo Ferreira (1946), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), and Fernando Gomes (1956). After her are Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Paulo Futre (1966), Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515), Paulo Sousa (1970), and Joaquim de Almeida (1957).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo ranks 19. Before her are Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), João Vaz Corte-Real (1420), Pedro Mascarenhas (1484), Gil Eanes (null), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), and António de Abreu (1480). After her are Gaspar Corte-Real (1450), Jorge Álvares (1401), Bartolomeu Perestrello (1400), Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1460), Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395), and Francisco Serrão (1500).

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