Count
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Peniche (in Portuguese ''Conde de Peniche'') was a Portuguese
title of nobility
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created by a royal decree, dated from December 6, 1806, by
Prince Regent John, on behalf of Queen
Maria I of Portugal, and granted to Caetano José de Noronha e Albuquerque, younger son of the 3rd
Marquis of Angeja and 4th
Count of Vila Verde.
This collateral Branch of the House of Angeja later inherited the titles of
Marquis of Angeja and
Count of Vila Verde when the Noronha'a senior line was extinguished.
List of the Counts of Peniche
* Caetano José de Noronha e Albuquerque (1753-1829), 1st Count of Peniche;
*Manuel Lourenço de Almeida e Noronha (1788-1824), 2nd Count of Peniche;
*Caetano Gaspar de Almeida Noronha Albuquerque e Sousa (1820-1881), 3rd Count of Peniche; became 8th
Marquis of Angeja in 1833 with the extinction of the Noronha's senior line;
*Maria Antónia de Almeida e Noronha (1902- ? ), 4th Countess of Peniche;
*Francisco de Almeida e Noronha Azevedo Coutinho (born 1983) – current representative of the title.
Family Name
The
family name
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associated with this title was ''Noronha'', the same used by its parent House, the
Marquesses of Angeja.
See also
*
List of Marquesses in Portugal
*
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):
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*Count of Abrantes
* Count of Agarez
* Count of Agrolongo
* Count of Águeda
* Count of Aguiar ...
*
Marquis of Angeja
*
Count of Vila Verde
External links
Genealogy of the Counts of Peniche, in Portuguese
Bibliography
”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. III, page 122. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
Peniche
1806 establishments in Portugal
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