Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Gracia Mendes Nasi across 5 places, from 1510 to 1569.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510 – 1569) born Beatriz de Luna Miques, also known as Doña Gracia or La Señora "The Lady", was a Portuguese Sephardi Jewish philanthropist, businesswoman, and prominent member of the Mendes Benveniste family.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Gracia Mendes Nasi was documented, and when
1510year
Lisbonattested“Gracia Mendes Nasi was born Beatriz de Luna Miques in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1510, to a family of converso Jews (also known as anusim or Marranos) who orginally came from Aragon, Spain.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1510year
Aragonattested“Gracia Mendes Nasi was born Beatriz de Luna Miques in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1510, to a family of converso Jews (also known as anusim or Marranos) who orginally came from Aragon, Spain.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1542year
Antwerpattested“Diogo died in 1542, just five years after Beatrice Mendes settled in Antwerp.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1553year
Constantinopleattested“In 1553, after the settlement was made, Gracia, her daughter Ana (now Reyna Nasi), and her large entourage moved to Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the Ottoman Empire.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
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1528year
Lisbonmentioned“In 1528, at 18, Gracia married her maternal uncle, Francisco Mendes Benveniste (Hebrew name Tsemach Benveniste, צֶמַח בֶּנְוֵנִיסְטֵי) in a secret Jewish wedding in Gracia's basement, and later in a public Catholic ceremony at the Lisbo…”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1528year
Lisbon Cathedralmentioned“In 1528, at 18, Gracia married her maternal uncle, Francisco Mendes Benveniste (Hebrew name Tsemach Benveniste, צֶמַח בֶּנְוֵנִיסְטֵי) in a secret Jewish wedding in Gracia's basement, and later in a public Catholic ceremony at the Lisbo…”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1535year
Antwerpmentioned“In the years before Francisco's death in 1535, his brother, Diogo, opened a branch office of their house in Antwerp, Habsburg Netherlands, together with his relative Abraham Benveniste.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1536year
Portugalmentioned“This was amongst a series of decrees and anti-jewish measures which eventually led to the Portuguese Inquisition in 1536.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1536year
Lisbonmentioned“The move from Lisbon was timely due to the worsening political landscape for Jews in Portugal - Pope Paul III launched the Portuguese Inquisition in 1536.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1556year
Constantinoplementioned“In 1556, soon after Doña Gracia arrived in Constantinople, Pope Paul IV sentenced a group of conversos in Ancona to auto-da-fé (burning at the stake), claiming they were still practicing Jewish rites.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1556year
Anconamentioned“In 1556, soon after Doña Gracia arrived in Constantinople, Pope Paul IV sentenced a group of conversos in Ancona to auto-da-fé (burning at the stake), claiming they were still practicing Jewish rites.”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
1558year
Galileementioned“In 1558, Doña Gracia was granted a long-term lease of Tiberias and its surrounding towns in the Galilee, modern day Israel (then part of Ottoman Syria), from Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, in exchange for guaranteeing a substantial inc…”source: Wikipedia: Gracia Mendes Nasi
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