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The Count of Amarante ( pt, Conde de Amarante) is a noble title, decreed by Queen
Maria I of Portugal Dom (title), Dona Maria I (17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816) was Queen of Portugal from 24 February 1777 until her death in 1816. Known as Maria the Pious in Portugal and Maria the Mad in Brazil, she was the first undisputed queen regnant of Por ...
on 13 May 1811, and instituted on 28 June 1811, in favour of
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 ...
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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 Chaves (1960)


References

* {{citation , title=Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil , volume=III , publisher=Direcção de Afonso Eduardo Martins Zuquete/Editorial Enciclopédia , edition=II , location=Lisbon, Portugal , year=1989 , language=Portuguese , pages=273-275 * 1811 establishments in Portugal