Amador Bueno
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Amador Bueno was born around 1572 in the city of São Paulo, Captaincy of São Vicente which is now the State of São Paulo in Brazil. He was born to Bartholomeu Bueno da Ribeira, a Spanish settler from Seville and Maria Pires, from São Paulo, daughter of Salvador Pires and Mécia Fernandes. [1] Amador held several public office posts through royal appointment and elections.
During this time, under Spanish domination of Portugal from 1580 to 1640, Brazilian colonies were at odds over which country to follow, Spain or Portugal. A largely Spanish contingent in São Paulo tried to break away from both in 1641. Without Bueno's consent, they claimed him to be their king. Bueno finally dissuaded the group and urged loyalty to João IV of Portugal.
Still patriotic fervor was starting among the Paulistas that Bueno had to seek sanctuary in the convent of Saint Bento. It is said he tried to reason with the crowds who outside the convent from one of the porticos but they would not return to their homes until the fathers of the convent went out and addressed the multitudes. They would later support the King of Portugal and keep the unity of Brazil's pre-republic period a bit longer. It is not known exactly when he died but estimates are between 1646 and 1650.
According to Albert F. Kunze, who was cited in the 1941 booklet by Rogelio E. Alfaro entitled "Who's Who on the Postage Stamps of Brazil" with a forward by the then Ambassador of Brazil to the US, Carlos Martins for the Pan American Union, Washington D.C. 1941. Pg.4
Further reading
- Leme, Pedro Taques de Almeida Paes, "Nobiliarquia Paulistana Histórica e Genealógica", Ed. São Paulo University (1980, São Paulo).