The Dukes of
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 cent ...
(in Portuguese ''Duque de Miranda do Corvo'') was a
Portuguese
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title of nobility
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granted by Queen
Maria I of Portugal
, succession = Queen of Portugal
, image = Maria I, Queen of Portugal - Giuseppe Troni, atribuído (Turim, 1739-Lisboa, 1810) - Google Cultural Institute.jpg
, caption = Portrait attributed to Giuseppe Troni,
, reign ...
, by a royal decree dated from May 13, 1796, to
''Dom'' , who died in 1801, before his father,
João Carlos de Bragança e Ligne de Sousa Tavares Mascarenhas da Silva, 2nd Duke of Lafões.
The
title
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of Duke of Miranda do Corvo (originally
Count of Miranda do Corvo
Count of Miranda do Corvo (in Portuguese ''Conde de Miranda do Corvo'') was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from March 21, 1611, by King Philip II of Portugal, also known as Philip III of Spain, and granted to '' ...
) was subsidiary to the title of
Duke of Lafões
Duke of Lafões (in Portuguese, ''Duque de Lafões''; ) is a Portuguese title of nobility created under the decree of February 17, 1718, of King John V of Portugal and granted to his nephew, ''Dom'' Pedro Henrique de Bragança, the building force ...
, and was used by the House of Lafões heir during his father's life.
List of Dukes
#José João Miguel de Bragança e Ligne de Sousa Tavares Mascarenhas da Silva, 1st Duke of Miranda do Corvo (1795-1801);
#Afonso de Bragança, 5th Duke of Lafões (1893-1946).
See also
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Duke of Lafões
Duke of Lafões (in Portuguese, ''Duque de Lafões''; ) is a Portuguese title of nobility created under the decree of February 17, 1718, of King John V of Portugal and granted to his nephew, ''Dom'' Pedro Henrique de Bragança, the building force ...
*
Count of Miranda do Corvo
Count of Miranda do Corvo (in Portuguese ''Conde de Miranda do Corvo'') was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from March 21, 1611, by King Philip II of Portugal, also known as Philip III of Spain, and granted to '' ...
*
List of Portuguese Dukedoms
The highest hereditary title in the Portuguese monarchy. By tradition, there are a total of five royal and seven non-royal dukes in Portugal, out of 28 dukedoms that have ever been created. In the majority of cases, the title of duke was attribute ...
External links
Genealogy of the Dukes of Miranda do Corvo (in Portuguese)
Bibliography
”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 747/748. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
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Dukedoms of Portugal
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 cent ...
1796 establishments in Portugal