Editing Afonso de Albuquerque (section)

==Early military service, 1471–1509==
[[File:Southeast Asia Portuguese Empire 1.png|thumb|260x260px|Portuguese presence in Southeast Asia - 1511–1975]]
[[File:Coat of arms of Albuquerque (antiga).svg|upright|thumb|Coat of arms of Albuquerque]]In 1471, under the command of Afonso V, he was present at the conquest of [[Tangier]] and [[Conquest of Asilah|Arzila]] in Morocco,<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Afonso de Albuquerque |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13157/Afonso-de-Albuquerque-the-Great |access-date=22 August 2010 |last=Livermore |first=Harold V.}}</ref> and he served there as an officer for some years. In 1476, he accompanied [[John II of Portugal|Prince John]] in wars against Castile, including the [[Battle of Toro]]. He participated in the campaign on the Italian peninsula in 1480 to assist [[Ferdinand I of Naples]] in repelling the [[Ottoman invasion of Otranto]].{{sfn|Bandelier|1907}} On his return in 1481, when John was crowned as King John II, Albuquerque was made [[Master of the Horse|master of the horse]] and chief [[equerry]] (''{{Lang|pt|estribeiro-mor}}'') to the king, a post which he held throughout John's reign.<ref name="britannica.com" /><ref name="Jayne" /> In 1489, he returned to military campaigning in North Africa, as commander of defense in the [[Graciosa fortress]], an island in the river Luco near the city of [[Larache]]. In 1490 Albuquerque was part of the guard of John II. He returned to Arzila in 1495, where his younger brother Martim died fighting by his side.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

===First expedition to India, 1503===
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When King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] ascended to the throne following the death of his cousin [[John II of Portugal|John II]], he held a cautious attitude towards Albuquerque, who was a close friend of his predecessor and seventeen years Manuel's senior. Eight years later, on 6 April 1503 Albuquerque was sent on his first expedition to India together with his cousin Francisco de Albuquerque. Each commanded three ships, sailing with [[Duarte Pacheco Pereira]] and [[Nicolau Coelho]]. They engaged in several battles against the forces of the [[Zamorin]] of [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] (''Calecute'', Kozhikode) and succeeded in establishing the [[Kingdom of Cochin|king]] of [[Kochi, India|Cochin]] (''Cochim'', Kochi) securely on his throne. In return, the king of Cochin gave the Portuguese permission to build the Portuguese [[Fort Emmanuel|fort ''Immanuel'' (Fort Kochi)]] and establish trade relations with [[Quilon]] (''Coulão'', [[Kollam]]). This laid the foundation for the eastern [[Portuguese Empire]].<ref name=Chisholm />