Berto Correia de Sousa (born 16 April 1972) is a Portuguese-Swiss bank manager living and working in Zurich,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, member of two of the most prestigious families of the Portuguese nobility, the House of Correia and the

House of Sousa Sousa is a noble family of Portugal. History The descendants are of the marriage of Martim Afonso Chichorro and Inês Lourenço de Sousa. It is one of the eldest and nobler houses of Portugal. Its origin starts with the Visigoth Kings and th ...

Life

Berto Correia de Sousa was born in Funchal,

Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...

to João Gomes de Sousa (1941–) a Madeiran entrepreneur, owner of Universal Store, from the

, being a descendant of D.

Egas Gomes de Sousa Egas Gomes de Sousa (1035 -?) was a Portuguese noble of County of Portugal and the first of his line to use the surname Sousa. He was Lord of the House of Sousa and of Felgueiras. Biography He served as governor of the entire region of Entre ...

(1035-?), and his wife, D. Berta Emília (née Correia de Deus) born 1945, Porto. Berto has one sister Maria (1970-), married with Dr. Duarte Nuno Figueira da Silva de Noronha Jardim (1964-) a neurologist and descendant of count Afonso of Gijón and Noronha (1350-1395), son of king Henry II of Castile and parents of two children Catarina (2002-) and Guilherme de Noronha (2003-). Berto grew up in Funchal, Solothurn and in Geneva, often spending time in Austria and Germany. Berto Correia is in direct line descent of D. Soeiro Pais Correia (1150-?), a Portuguese medieval knight and the first Lord of Fralães and the son of Paio Ramiro who was at the service of Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portucale (1095) when his appointment in county government. D. Soeiro Pais Correia's third grandchild the Friar D.

Paio Peres Correia D. Paio Peres Correia was a Portuguese warrior who played an important role in the thirteenth-century Reconquista. He was born c. 1205, in Monte de Fralães, a civil parish in the municipality of Barcelos. He went to Uclés, then the seat of t ...

, was the Master of the Order of Santiago having led a military campaign against the Moors in the Algarve, which culminated in the taking of Silves and was crucial to the final conquest of that region in 1249 during the reign of Sancho II. D.

is the ancestor of Saint Nuno of Saint Mary ( Holy Constable Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira ) whose daughter Beatriz Pereira Alvim married D. Afonso the illegitimate son of King João I and of D. Inês Pires Esteves and future Duke of Braganza. This marriage will entail the

House of Braganza The Most Serene House of Braganza ( pt, Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), also known as the Brigantine Dynasty (''Dinastia Brigantina''), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Ame ...

and become the reigning house of Portugal in 1640 and which will be linked over the centuries until today with the royal houses and Catholic principalities in Europe and Brazil . Berto Correia from his mother's side is the heir of two branches of the Correia’s family, the Correia de Deus and Pinto Correia lines, the last one in Madeira. One of his ancestors, D. João Afonso Correia was the son of D. Isabel Correia and Gonçalo Annes de Azevedo and was with João Gonçalves Zarco one of the first and principal settlers of

Madeira island Madeira is a Portuguese island, and is the largest and most populous of the Madeira Archipelago. It has an area of , including Ilhéu de Agostinho, Ilhéu de São Lourenço, Ilhéu Mole (northwest). As of 2011, Madeira had a total population of ...

(1420) and gave rise to Majorats of the Houses of Ajuda, of São Martinho, Count of Torre, viscounts of Casa Branca, etc.

Education and career

Berto Correia de Sousa was educated at Externato Lisbonense and Francisco Franco secondary school in Madeira and after at Hochalpines Institut Ftan boarding school, later at Swiss Finance Institut in Geneva,

, and holds a Master's degree in European Studies from

Lisbon University The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; pt, Universidade de Lisboa, ) is a public research university in Lisbon, and the largest university in Portugal. It was founded in 2013, from the merger of two previous public universities located in Lisbon, th ...

. He is former employee at Banco Mello. Since 2010 he's the General Director Representative of the Millennium Portuguese Commercial Bank in Switzerland with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich.

Millennium bcp Portuguese Commercial Bank ( pt, Banco Comercial Português, BCP) is a Portuguese bank that was founded in 1985 and is the largest private bank in the country. BCP is a member of the Euronext 100 stock index and its current chief executive officer ...

is a Portuguese bank that was founded in 1985 and is the largest private bank in the country.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051041/http://www.bprmadeira.org/imagens/documentos/File/bprdigital/ebooks/Elucidario_vol_I.pdf *https://web.archive.org/web/20120509022742/http://www.geneall.net/P/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sousa, Berto Correia de 1972 births Living people People from Funchal