Alzira Costa

Alzira Costa
Born	Alzira Coelho de Campos de Barros de Abreu (1875-04-20)20 April 1875 Oliveira do Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal
Died	21 February 1970(1970-02-21) (aged 94) Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Lisbon, Portugal
Spouse	Afonso Costa ​ ​ (m. 1892; died 1937)​
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Alzira Coelho de Campos de Barros de Abreu Costa (20 April 1875 – 21 February 1970) was the wife of Portuguese politician Afonso Costa.

Biography

Alzira de Barros de Abreu was born in 1875, in Oliveira do Hospital, in Coimbra, the daughter of Albano Mendes de Abreu, a medical doctor, and his wife, Emília de Barros Coelho de Campos.^[1] She was the sister of the writer and politician José de Barros Mendes de Abreu, who was born on 20 July 1878.^[2]

She married Afonso Costa in the New Cathedral of Coimbra, on 15 September 1892.^[1] In 1916, she was one of the founders of the Portuguese Women's Crusade.^[3]

She died at the age of 94, in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Lisbon.^[1]

References

1. Livro de Registo de Baptismos 1872/1878 (folha 44-44 v.), Paróquia de Oliveira do Hospital - Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra (AUC)
2. "José de Abreu". RevelarLx. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
3. Samara, Maria Alice (2014-11-11). "Women's Mobilization for War (Portugal)". 1914-1918-online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2018-07-03.