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Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias

1803 - 1880

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Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (pronounced [kaˈʃi.ɐs]; 25 August 1803 – 7 May 1880), nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military career. In 1823 he fought as a young officer in the Brazilian War for Independence against Portugal, then spent three years in Brazil's southernmost province, Cisplatina, as the government unsuccessfully resisted that province's secession in the Cisplatine War. Though his own father and uncles renounced Emperor Dom Pedro I during the protests of 1831, Caxias remained loyal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias is the 9,543rd most popular politician (up from 9,959th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 250th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Brazilian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 9,543 out of 19,576. Before him are He Long, Bayezid Osman, Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Heinz Hoffmann, Sayf al-Din Ghazi I, and Carlos Westendorp. After him are Louis, Duke of Montpensier, Giovanni Goria, Al-Adil Kitbugha, Takelot III, John Carney, and Ion C. Brătianu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 38. Before him are John Sutter, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Alexander von Nordmann, Henri Herz, and Joseph Paxton. After him are Edgar Quinet, Franz Lachner, Gustaaf Wappers, Elisa Radziwiłł, Eugène Isabey, and Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1880, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 25. Before him are Édouard Séguin, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, John Sutter, Arnold Ruge, Constantin Hansen, and Oliver Winchester. After him are Raden Saleh, August Karl von Goeben, Jules Favre, Jules Antoine Lissajous, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, and Friedrich Bayer.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 219 out of 2,236. Before him are Princess Januária of Brazil (1822), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), Daishiro Yoshimura (1947), Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (1959), Gisele Bündchen (1980), and Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811). After him are Mário Jardel (1973), Dondinho (1917), Serginho (1971), Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836), Nilo Peçanha (1867), and Vinícius Júnior (2000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias ranks 38. Before him are Prudente de Morais (1841), Geraldo Alckmin (1952), Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Café Filho (1899), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), and Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811). After him are Nilo Peçanha (1867), Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Raoni Metuktire (1940), Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Hermes da Fonseca (1855), and José Linhares (1886).

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