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Miranda do Corvo Miranda do Corvo () is a town and a municipality in the Portuguese district of Coimbra, with an area of and 2011 population of 13,098 inhabitants. History The first reference to the region of Miranda do Corvo arrived at the end of the 10th cen ...

(in Portuguese ''Conde de Miranda do Corvo'') was a Portuguese

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created by a royal decree, dated from March 21, 1611, by King Philip II of Portugal, also known as

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, and granted to '' Dom'' Henrique de Sousa Tavares. Henrique was 26th Lord of the House of Sousa, Lord of

and ''Alcaide'' (Mayor) of

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. The Prince Regent Pedro, Duke of Beja, on behalf of King

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, granted the new title of Marquis of Arronches (in Portuguese ''Marquês de Arronches'') by a royal decree dated from June 27, 1674 to Henrique de Sousa Tavares, who was already 3rd Count of Miranda do Corvo. On May 13, 1796, a royal decree issued by Queen

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, upgraded the title of Count of Miranda do Corvo to Duke of Miranda do Corvo (in Portuguese ''Duque de Miranda do Corvo''), who should be beard by the Duke of Lafões heir during his father's life.

List of the Counts of Miranda do Corvo (1611) and Marquesses of Arronches (1674)

*Henrique de Sousa Tavares (c.1550– ? ), 1st Count of Miranda do Corvo; *Diogo Lopes de Sousa (c.1595–1640), 2nd Count of Miranda do Corvo; *Henrique de Sousa Tavares (1626–1706), 3rd Count of Miranda do Corvo and 1st Marquis of Arronches; *Diogo Lopes de Sousa (1646–1672), 4th Count of Miranda do Corvo (died before his father and that is why he was not Marquis of Arronches); *Mariana Luisa Francisca de Sousa Tavares Mascarenhas e Silva (1672–1743), 5th Countess of Miranda do Corvo and 2nd Marchioness of Arronches; *Luisa Casimira de Sousa Nassau e Ligne (1694–1729), 6th Countess of Miranda do Corvo; *Pedro Henrique de Bragança (1718–1761), 7th Count of Miranda do Corvo, 3rd Marquis of Arronches and 1st Duke of Lafões. (for the following Counts/Marquesses see Duke of Lafões)

Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 322/324 and 747/748. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.

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Genealogy of the Counts of Miranda do Corvo, in PortugueseGenealogy of the Marquesses of Arronches, in Portuguese

1611 establishments in Portugal {{Portugal-hist-stub

List of the Counts of Miranda do Corvo (1611) and Marquesses of Arronches (1674)

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