Count
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: ...
of
Atouguia (in Portuguese ''Conde de Atouguia'') was a Portuguese
title of nobility
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created by a royal decree, dated from 17 December 1448, by King
Afonso V of Portugal
Afonso V () (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (), was King of Portugal from 1438 until his death in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. His sobriquet refers to his military conquests in Northern Afri ...
, and granted to
D. Álvaro Gonçalves de Ataíde.
This title became extinct due to the 11th Count involvement in the
Távora affair
The Távoras affair was a political scandal of the 18th century Portuguese court. The events triggered by the attempted assassination of King Joseph I of Portugal in 1758 ended with the public execution of the entire Távora family and their cl ...
. The plot was discovered, the count was executed and his House and estates were confiscated.
List of the Counts of Atouguia (1448)
#D.
Álvaro Gonçalves de Ataíde (c. 1390 -1452);
#D.
Martinho de Ataíde (c. 1415 - 1499), his son;
#D.
Luís de Ataíde (1516 - 1581),
his great-grandson, 10th
Viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning " ...
of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
;
#D. João Gonçalves de Ataíde (c.1560 - ? ), his 2nd cousin;
#D. Luís de Ataíde (c. 1570 - ? ), his son;
#D. Jerónimo de Ataíde (c. 1610 - 1665), his son;
#D. Manuel Luís de Ataíde (c. 1640 - ? ), his older son;
#D. Luís Peregrino de Ataíde (c. 1662 - 1689), his younger brother;
#D. Jerónimo de Ataíde (c. 1680 - 1720), his son;
#D. Luís Peregrino de Ataíde (1700 - ? ), his son, 6th
Viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning " ...
of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
;
#D. Jerónimo de Ataíde (1721 - 1759), his son.
Family Name
The
family name associated with the Counts of Atouguia was ''
Ataíde''.
See also
*
List 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 Aguia ...
Bibliography
* Vila-Santa, Nuno, "A Casa de Atouguia, os Últimos Avis e o Império: Dinâmicas entrecruzadas na carreira de D. Luís de Ataíde (1516-1581)", PhD thesis, Lisbon, FCSH-UNL, 2013
* Vila-Santa, Nuno, “Uma linhagem, Duas Casas: em torno dos Ataídes e das origens das Casas da Atouguia e da Castanheira (Séculos XV-XVI)”, Fragmenta Historica, nº 4, 2016, pp. 13-45
*"Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 331/337. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
External links
Genealogy of the Counts of Atouguia, in Portuguese
References
Countships of Portugal, Atouguia
1448 establishments in Portugal
Portuguese noble families
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