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Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (1079? in Maia? – 1170 in Alentejo), also known as O Lidador (The Toiler), so named for his fearlessness in the struggle against the Saracens, was a Portuguese knight of the time of Afonso Henriques, about whom tradition relates important achievements in the events preceding the independence of Portugal. He had a military post as a fronteiro in the border town of Beja, where he died in 1170, while fighting against a Muslim army. According to some documents, he was at the time ninety years old. Traditionally, Gonçalo Mendes da Maia is considered a hero of both the city of Maia, the homeland of the Mendes da Maia family, and Beja.

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  • Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (en)
  • Gonçalo Mendes II da Maia (pt)
  • Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (sv)
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  • Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (1079? in Maia? – 1170 in Alentejo), also known as O Lidador (The Toiler), so named for his fearlessness in the struggle against the Saracens, was a Portuguese knight of the time of Afonso Henriques, about whom tradition relates important achievements in the events preceding the independence of Portugal. He had a military post as a fronteiro in the border town of Beja, where he died in 1170, while fighting against a Muslim army. According to some documents, he was at the time ninety years old. Traditionally, Gonçalo Mendes da Maia is considered a hero of both the city of Maia, the homeland of the Mendes da Maia family, and Beja. (en)
  • Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, O Lidador, "Krigaren", född 1079 i Maia, Portugal, död 1170 i Beja, var en portugisisk riddare och militär. Han tjänstgjorde under Alfons I av Portugal i kampen mot morerna. Gonçalo Mendes död har skildrats av författaren Alexandre Herculano i berättelsen Morte do Lidador (Krigarens död). (sv)
  • Gonçalo Mendes II da Maia, apelidado O Lidador (c. 1110, Guilhabreu - c. 1139), foi um aristocrata e cavaleiro português. (pt)
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  • Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (en)
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  • Gonçalo Mendes da Maia (en)
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  • c. 1079 (en)
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  • The Glorious Death of Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, a 19th century lithograph (en)
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