Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo

Francisco Manuel Homem Christo (8 March 1860 – 25 February 1943) was a Portuguese military and political republican. He was distinguished as one of the officers of the Portuguese Army involved in the events surrounding the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891.[1]

Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo

Accused of having betrayed the republican ideals in 1910, he found himself forced into exile in France.

He was the great-great-grandfather of Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, one half of the former electronic music duo Daft Punk.[2]

Publications
  • The events of January 31 and my imprisonment
  • Pro-Patria
  • Political banditry
  • Letters from afar: I - Secondary education in Portugal and France
  • Letters from afar: II - In defense of the instruction of the people
  • Monarchists and Republicans
  • Bolshevism in Russia
  • Notes of my life and my time (7 volumes)

References
  1. Biography note.
  2. Delassus, Pauline (19 February 2014). "Bas les casques. Le vrai visage de Daft Punk - Paris Match" (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
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