Jacob Curiel
Jacob Curiel, known by his alias Duarte Nunes da Costa, was a Sephardi Jewish merchant, diplomat, and nobleman.
Curiel was educated at the University of Coimbra and the University of Bologna. He served as Agent to the Spanish, then Portuguese, Crown in Hamburg, Germany.
On 14 June 1641 Jacob Curiel was ennobled by Joao IV of Portugal.
His son, Salomon Curiel, assumed the position of Agent of the Portuguese Crown in Hamburg after his death in 1664.
