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Count Of Amarante
The Count of Amarante ( pt, Conde de Amarante) is a noble title, decreed by Queen Maria I of Portugal on 13 May 1811, and instituted on 28 June 1811, in favour of Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira, 1st Count of Amarante. List of counts #Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira, 1st Count of Amarante Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira, 1st Count of Amarante (1 September 1763 – 27 May 1821), was a Portuguese army officer who fought in the War of Oranges and other campaigns of the Peninsular War, as an offshoot of the Napoleon ... (1763); #Manuel da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira, 2nd Count of Amarante, 1st Marquess of Chaves (1792) After the fall of the monarchy, the title was held by pretenders, owing to the dissolution of the noble system: * Francisco Manuel Pereira Colmieiro da Silveira, 3rd Count of Amarante, 3rd Marquess of Chaves (1924); * Maria Manuela Salgado da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca, 4th Countess of Amarante, 4th Marquesa of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria I Of Portugal
, succession = Queen of Portugal , image = Maria I, Queen of Portugal - Giuseppe Troni, atribuído (Turim, 1739-Lisboa, 1810) - Google Cultural Institute.jpg , caption = Portrait attributed to Giuseppe Troni, , reign = 24 February 1777 – , cor-type = Acclamation , coronation = 13 May 1777 , predecessor = Joseph I , successor = John VI , regent = Peter III , reg-type = Co-monarch , regent1 = John, Prince Regent , succession2 = Queen of Brazil , reign2 = 16 December 1815 – , successor2 = John VI , regent2 = John, Prince Regent , spouse = , issue = , issue-link = #Marriage and issue , issue-pipe = , house = Braganza , father = Joseph I of Portugal , mother = Mariana Victoria of Spain , birth_date = , birth_place = Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal , death_date = , death_place = Convent of Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , burial_place = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Da Silveira Pinto Da Fonseca Teixeira, 1st Count Of Amarante
Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira, 1st Count of Amarante (1 September 1763 – 27 May 1821), was a Portuguese army officer who fought in the War of Oranges and other campaigns of the Peninsular War, as an offshoot of the Napoleonic Wars. Biography Francisco da Silveira was born in the town of Canelas, the son of Manuel da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca and D. Antónia Silveira. Career He became a cadet in the Almeida Cavalry Regiment on 25 April 1780, from which his career developed in subsequent years: he was promoted to ensign by 27 February 1790; then lieutenant in the 6th Cavalry Regiment, then called the ''Light Regiment of Chaves'', on 17 December 1792, before becoming a captain and adjunct-aide to the Field Marshall of the Province of Beira, João Brun da Silveira, on 17 December 1799. He succeeded his father as the Majorat of Espírito Santo on 22 February 1785. During the war between France and Spain (in 1801), Francisco da Silveira, along with other importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Amarante
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992. p. 73. . The etymologically related English term "county" denoted the territories associated with the countship. Definition The word ''count'' came into English from the French ''comte'', itself from Latin ''comes''—in its accusative ''comitem''—meaning “companion”, and later “companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor”. The adjective form of the word is "comital". The British and Irish equivalent is an earl (whose wife is a "countess", for lack of an English term). In the late Roman Empire, the Latin title ''comes'' denoted the high rank of various courtiers and provincial officials, either military or administrative: before Anthemius became emperor in the West in 467, he was a military ''comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
