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List Of Viscountcies In Portugal
This is a list of viscountcies in Portugal: A # Viscount of Abrançalha # Viscount of Abrigada # Viscount of Agarez # Viscount of Agualva # Viscount of Aguieira # Viscount of Airey # Viscount of Albergaria de Souto Redondo # Viscount of Alcácer do Sal # Viscount of Alcafache # Viscount of Alcaide # Viscount of Alcântara # Viscount of Alcobaça # Viscount of Alcochete # Viscount of Alenquer # Viscount of Alentém # Viscount of Alferrarede # Viscount of Algés # Viscount of Alhandra # Viscount of Alhos Vedros # Viscount of Aljezur # Viscount of Almeida # Viscount of Almeida Araújo # Viscount of Almeida e Vasconcelos # Viscount of Almeida Garrett # Viscount of Almeidinha # Viscount of Almendra # Viscount of Alpedriz # Viscount of Alpendurada # Viscount of Alpiarça # Viscount of Altas Moras # Viscount of Alte # Viscount of Alter do Chão # Viscount of Alto Dande # Viscount of Alvalade # Viscount of Alvelos # Viscount of Alverca # Viscount of Alves de Sá # Viscount of Alves Mach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial position, and did not develop into a hereditary title until much later. In the case of French viscounts, it is customary to leave the title untranslated as vicomte . Etymology The word ''viscount'' comes from Old French (Modern French: ), itself from Medieval Latin , accusative of , from Late Latin "deputy" + Latin (originally "companion"; later Roman imperial courtier or trusted appointee, ultimately count). History During the Carolingian Empire, the kings appointed counts to administer provinces and other smaller regions, as governors and military commanders. Viscounts were appointed to assist the counts in their running of the province, and often took on judicial responsibility. The kings strictly prevented the offices of their coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Of Passos
The Viscount of Passos ( pt, Visconde de Passos) is a title created by King Pedro V of Portugal by decree dated 24 April 1860 in favour of D. Beatriz de Passos Manoel, daughter of the Portuguese statesman Manuel da Silva Passos Manuel da Silva Passos (5 January 1801 – 16 January 1862) was a Portuguese jurist and politician, one of the most notable personalities of 19th-century Portuguese Liberalism. He is more commonly referred to as Passos Manuel, due to the way he ... and D. Guiomar de Souza Girão, from the Girão family of Santarém, Portugal. She also became ''Viscountess Ferreri'' by marriage. The title is now represented by the Barons of Arcossó, as the first Viscountess's heir (her sister) married the Baron of Arcossó. References * * * {{citation , title=Souza Girão e Valle na descendência de D.Pedro e D.Inês de Castro , edition=II , location=Lisbon, Portugal , year=2007 , language=Portuguese Passos 1860 establishments in Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Peerages
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Barons In Portugal
This is a list of baronies in Portugal: # Baron of Água-Izé # Baron of Aguiar # Baron of Alagoa # Baron of Albufeira # Baron of Alcantarilha # Baron of Alcobaça # Baron of Alcochete # Baron of Aldenberg # Baron of Alenquer # Baron of Almargem # Baron of Almeda # Baron of Almeida # Baron of Almeida Santos # Baron of Almeidinha # Baron of Almeirim # Baron of Almofala # Baron of Alpendurada # Baron of Alquerubim # Baron of Alvaiázere # Baron of Alverca # Baron of Alves da Conceição # Baron of Alvito # Baron of Alvoco da Serra # Baron of Ancede # Baron of Andaluz # Baron of Anciães # Baron of Antas # Baron of Aquino # Baron of Arcossó # Baron of Arede Coelho # Baron of Areia Larga # Baron of Areias de Cambra # Baron of Argamassa # Baron of Arruda # Baron of Assunção # Baron of A-Ver-o-Mar # Baron of Balsemão # Baron of Bamberg # Baron of Barbosa Rodrigues # Baron of Barcel # Baron of Barcelinhos # Baron of Barreto # Baron of Barroil # Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Countships In Portugal
This is a list of countships in Portugal ( pt, Condados; singular ''Condado''; the title is ''Conde'', for Count, and ''Condessa'', for Countess): A *Count of Abrantes * Count of Agarez *Count of Agrolongo * Count of Águeda * Count of Aguiar * Count of Albuquerque * Count of Alcáçovas * Count of Alcântara *Count of Alcoutim * Count of Alegrete *Count of Alentém * Count of Alferrarede * Count of Alhandra *Count of Almada *Count of Almarjão *Count of Almedina *Count of Almeida * Count of Almeida Araújo * Count of Almendra *Count of Almoster *Count of Alpedrinha *Count of Alpendurada *Count of Alte *Count of Alto Mearim *Count of Alva *Count of Alvelos *Count of Alves Machado *Count of Alviela *Count of Alvito *Count of Alvor *Count of Amarante * Count of Ameal * Count of Anadia *Count of Antas * Count of Arcos * Count of Arganil * Count of Arge *Count of Ariz * Count of Armamar * Count of Armil * Count of Arnoso *Count of Arraiolos * Count of Arriaga * Count of Arrochela *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Marquesses In Portugal
This is a list of marquisates in Portugal. A # Marquess of Abrantes # Marquis of Aguiar # Marquis of Alegrete # Marquis of Alenquer # Marquis of Alorna # Marquis of Alvito # Marquis of Angeja # Marquis of Angra # Marquis of Arronches # Marquis of Atouguia # Marquis of Ávila and Bolama B # Marquis of Basto # Marquis of Belas # Marquis of Bemposta # Marquis of Bemposta-Subserra # Marquis of Borba C # Marquis of Cadaval # Marquis of Campo Maior # Marquis of Cascais # Marquis of Castelo Melhor # Marquis of Castelo Novo # Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo # Marquis of Castro # Marquis of Chaves F # Marquis of Faial # Marquis of Faria # Marquis of Ferreira # Marquis of Ficalho # Marquess of Fontes # Marquis de Fontes Pereira de Melo # Marquis of Foz # Marquis of Franco e Almodôvar # Marquis of Fronteira # Marquis of Funchal G # Marquis of Gouveia # Marquis of Graciosa J # Marquis of Jácome Correia L # Marquis of Lavradio # Marquis of Lind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dukedoms In Portugal
The highest hereditary title in the Portuguese monarchy. By tradition, there are a total of five royal and seven non-royal dukes in Portugal, out of 28 dukedoms that have ever been created. In the majority of cases, the title of duke was attributed to members of the high nobility, usually relatives of the Portuguese Royal Family, such as the second son of a monarch. There are exceptions, like António José de Ávila, who, although not having any relation to the royal family, was given the title of duke of Ávila and Bolama. Royal dukedoms Hereditary royal dukedoms *Duke of Braganza (the principal '' grandeza'' of the Portuguese royal dynasty. After the restoration of a Portuguese dynasty in 1640, it became a title of the heir apparent to the crown, and passes to his heir, when he becomes king.) Courtesy royal dukedoms These titles were occasionally given to other '' infantes'' of the Royal Family, but did not automatically descend to their heirs: *Duke of Barcelos *Duke of Bej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Nobility
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Viscount Of Vilarinho De São Romão
Viscount of Vilarinho de São Romão ( pt, Visconde de Vilarinaho de São Romão) is a title created by Queen Maria II of Portugal, by decree dated 17 September 1835, in favour of António Lobo Barbosa Teixeira Ferreira Girão (Sabrosa, Vilarinho de São Romão, 5 November 1785 - Lisbon, 17 March 1863], Member of the House of Lords, without descendants. The Girão family is directly descended from Manuel Girão, son of a Spanish noble, António Girão (or Giron), belonging to the House of the Duke of Osuna, Dukes of Osuna, who, in the early 16th century lived in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal and who was also the father of Amador Girão (his eldest son), married D. Maria Freire de Andrade from the House of Corujeira, Vouzela (Portugal) from whom the Girão branch of Beira Alta (Portugal) follows. List of viscounts # António Lobo Barbosa Teixeira Ferreira Girão; # Alvaro Ferreira Teixeira Carneiro de Vasconcelos Girão, nephew of the first viscount, son of António Ferreira Carneir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Of Torre De Moncorvo
The Viscount of Torre de Moncorvo ( pt, Visconde de Torre de Moncorvo) is a title created by Queen Maria II of Portugal as a barony by decree dated 23 May 1835 in favour of Cristovão Pedro de Morais Sarmento, natural son, legitimated at the same time as his brother, the Viscount of Banho, of Tomás Inácio de Morais Sarmento. By later decree (dated 13 July 1847) transformed this title to Viscount, Member of the House of Lords, Knight of the Royal Household, Chargé d'affaires of Portugal in London and Copenhagen, Minister of Portugal in London, Knight Great-Cross of the Order of São Tiago da Espada, of Portugal, Knight of the Order of Malta, Knight Commander of the Order of Danebrog, of Denmark. List of viscounts # Cristovão Pedro de Morais Sarmento, named Baron of Torre de Moncorvo. His eldest son, João Pedro de Morais Sarmento continued the title of Baron, and by marriage, was the 8th Marquess of Fronteira, the 6th Marquess of Alorna and 9th Count of Torre, leaving no d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Of São Jorge
Viscount of São Jorge ( pt, Visconde de São Jorge) is a title was created by Carlos I of Portugal, by decree dated 7 November 1893, in the name of Adriano Auguto d´Oliveira, Knight of the Royal Household, Knight Commander of the Royal Military Order of Our Lady of Conception of Vila Viçosa. Adriano Auguto d´Oliveira married Eleanor Justine du Puy de Montbrun, daughter of the Marquess Lucien de Montbrun and the Marchioness Louise Amelie Marie Soulages de Saint-Marc. He lived in Paris and died in the same city without surviving descendants. The title is associated with the noble house and estate of ''São Jorge'' situated in the Trás-os-Montes municipality of Azinhoso. It belonged in the 18th century (around 1740) to Tómas de Sá Pimentel Moraes Pinto d´Oliveira and his wife, D. Luiza Francisca de Moraes e Távora (from the Counts of São João da Pesqueira and later Marquesses of Távora), daughter of António Osório Pinto d´Oliveira de Moraes, Knight of the Royal Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount Of Santana
Viscount of Santana ( pt, Visconde de Santana) was a noble title created by decree on 16 August 1870, by King Luís I, in favor of Manuel Alves Guerra, 1st Baron of Santana. The title was named for the Palacete of Santana, a grand property situated in the flanks of the urban centre of Horta, then held by the first Baron. Today this manor is occupied by the professional school of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Horta ( pt, Escoal Profissional da Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Horta, but at one time was the residence of the Civil Governor of the District of Horta. List of viscounts # Manuel Alves Guerra, 1st Baron and Viscount of Santana; # Manuel Alves Guerra, paternal nephew of the first viscount; # Manuel de Melsbroeck Alves Guerra, 3rd Viscount of Santana, and son of the former Viscount. Santana Santana may refer to: Transportation * Volkswagen Santana, an automobile * Santana Cycles, manufacturer of tandem bicycles * Santana Motors, a former Spanish automobil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
