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João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, OTS, CC (

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, São Julião, 14 June 1876 - Lisbon, 11 March 1931) was a Portuguese soldier.

Ancestry

He was a natural son of

Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, GCTE (Lisbon, Santa Catarina, 11 June 1843Some sources say 1844. – 11 August 1923) was a Portuguese naval commander and politician. Parents He was the only son of João Maria Ferreira do Amaral and his wife ...

by Augusta Frederica Smith Chaves.

Life

He was a

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of the

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of the

Polícia de Segurança Pública The Polícia de Segurança Pública MHTE (PSP; ''Public Security Police'') is the national civil police force of Portugal. Part of the Portuguese security forces, the mission of the PSP is to defend Republican democracy, safeguarding internal se ...

, Officer of the Order of the Tower and Sword with Palm,

of the Order of Christ with Palm and

of the

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, etc., who fought in

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Marriage and issue

He married Maria Emília Carolina Tavares de Almeida Arez (

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, 3 May 1872 - 1923), daughter of José Joaquim Fernandes Arez,

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, and wife Dionísia Maria Tavares de Almeida, and widow of Mateus José Lapa Valente do Couto ( Oeiras, 1861–1904), married

Pangim Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary ...

, 12 February 1887, with one son, and had an only daughter: * Lia Arez Ferreira do Amaral (Lisbon, Santa Isabel, 20 December 1914 - Oeiras, 1999), Licentiate in Historico-Philosophical Sciences, married Joaquim Cândido da Fonseca (1912 - Lisbon, 1977), Licentiate in Historico-Philosophical Sciences, former Vice- Dean of Oeiras

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, son of Manuel Cândido da Fonseca and wife Maria do Rosário Pires, and had female issue

References and notes

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Sources

* ''Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal'', III, 1985, Tomo II, pp. 758–761 1876 births 1931 deaths 20th-century Portuguese engineers People from Lisbon Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword {{Portugal-bio-stub