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Henrique Lopes de Mendonça

Portuguese writer (1856–1931)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ1390495 ↗
Source-derived summary

Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (3 July 1856 – 24 August 1931) was a Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist, novella and short story writer, and naval officer. He wrote several plays, and with his friend, the composer Alfredo Keil, he wrote the lyrics of the future Portuguese national anthem, A Portuguesa, which was officially adopted in 1911.

Editorial summary

“Henrique Lopes de Mendonça” enters the record as portuguese writer (1856–1931). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Henrique, Lopes and Mendonça can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1856, 1931, 1911—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1856-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Henrique, Lopes and Mendonça.
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Why this record matters

“Henrique Lopes de Mendonça” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Henrique, Lopes and Mendonça provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1390495. VIAF identifies the subject as 42217272. The Library of Congress control number is n82149113. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1856, 1931 and 1911.

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This entry incorporates text from “Henrique Lopes de Mendonça” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.