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Bartira

Bartira was the daughter of Tibiriçá, Chief of the Tupiniquim people of Piratininga and other tribes.

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Bartira (also known as M'bicy, Burtira or Isabel Dias; 1497–1580)1 was the daughter of Tibiriçá, Chief of the Tupiniquim people of Piratininga and other tribes.

Bartira took the name Isabel Dias and married a Portuguese man, João Ramalho,2 whose settlement became the nucleus of the modern Brazilian city of São Paulo.3

She and Ramalho had a number of children who married into prominent Portuguese/Brazilian families.

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  1. "GAROA HISTÓRICA". www.garoahistorica.com.br. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  2. "EM SÃO PAULO, UMA HISTÓRIA DE AMOR". Ser-Tão Paulistano. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  3. "Ramalho, João (c. 1490–c. 1580) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.