Tristão Gonçalves de Alencar, later Araripe, was born in 1789 in Ceará, Brazil

Brazil

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. He was one of the sons of Barbara de Alencar and an important revolutionary leader during the revolutionary movements of 1817. He was elected President of Ceará during the brief period of "confederação do Equador

Confederation of the Equator

The Confederation of the Equator was a short-lived rebellion that occurred in the northeastern region of Brazil during that nation's struggle for independence from Portugal. The secessionist movement was led by wealthy landowners who opposed early reforms by the nation's first leader, Emperor...

" in 1824.

He was brutally murdered by the imperial forces on October 30, 1884 in the interior of Ceará.