ALBUQUERQUE, MATHIAS DE (d. 1647), Portuguese general, was governor of Pernambuco in 1624 and, after the Dutch captured Bahia, governor-general of North Brazil. As governor in Pernambuco again, in 1629, he had to meet the Dutch invasion of that province, and in 163o was forced to surrender Olinda and the forts of the Recif. Sent back to Portugal in disgrace in he took part, later, in the Portuguese War of Liberation, defeating the Spaniards under Molingen at Montijo, on May 26, 1644, and thereby earning the title of Count of Allegrete. He died at Lisbon June 9, 1647.