Marquis Of Minas (other)
Marquis of Minas may refer to: *Dom , the first Marquês das Minas * António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas, Portuguese general and governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil *João de Sousa, 3rd Marquis of Minas João de Sousa, 3rd Marquis of Minas ( Viana do Castelo; 29 December 1666 - murdered on 17 September 1722) was a Portuguese nobleman. He was also the 6th Count of Prado. Life João de Sousa was born in Viana do Castelo on December 29, 1666 t ...

António Luís De Sousa, 2nd Marquis Of Minas
Don (honorific), D. António Luís de Sousa, 4th Count of Prado and 2nd Marquês of Minas (6 April 1644 – 25 December 1721) was a Portuguese general and governor-general of the Portuguese Colonial Brazil, colony of Brazil. He was the son of Dom Francisco, the first Marquês das Minas, and his second wife D. Eufrásia Filipa de Lima. From a very young age on, he was destined for a military career. At the age of 14, he was present with his father at the Battle of the Lines of Elvas. The following years, he fought the Spanish in the northern Entre Douro e Minho, Minho province, becoming a general in 1665 after the conquest of the galician town of A Guarda. After the Peace Treaty of Lisbon (1668), Treaty of Lisbon he became military governor of Minho in the absence of his father, who was sent as ambassador to Rome. He assumed the title of Marquês das Minas after the death of his father in 1674. Between 1684 and 1687 he was governor-general of Brazil. He had to restore the peace a ...
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