Portuguese Restoration War
The Restoration War (), historically known as the Acclamation War (''Guerra da Aclamação''), was the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a forma ...
started in 1640, he served under the eldest son of King John IV, Theodosius of Braganza who was later Prince of Brazil; during the war, he was artillery general and later a member of the Council of State. He took part in the Battle of São Miguel in 1658,
Battle of the Lines of Elvas
The Battle of the Lines of Elvas (), was fought on 14 January 1659, in Elvas, between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War. It ended in a decisive Portuguese victory.
Background
By 1659, the Portuguese Restoration War which ...
in 1659,
Battle of Ameixial
The Battle of Ameixial, was fought on 8 June 1663, near the village of Santa Vitória do Ameixial, some north-west of Estremoz, between Spanish and Portuguese as part of the Portuguese Restoration War. In Spain, the battle is better known as ...
in 1663 and
Battle of Montes Claros
The Battle of Montes Claros was fought on 17 June 1665, near Borba, Portugal, Borba, between Habsburg Spain, Spanish and a combined English Expedition to Portugal (1662-1668), Anglo-Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese force as the last major battle i ...
in 1665. After the end as a reward for defeating Spanish troops at the countryside of rio Degebe, he received the Lordship of the town of
Ansião
Ansião () is a municipality in Leiria District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 13,128,Province of Trás-os-Montes in 1673. Later he wrote a couple of works related to the war.
Later he was a supporter of the
Duke of Beja
Duke of Beja () was an aristocratic Portuguese title and royal dukedom, associated with the Portuguese Royal House.
List of dukes of Beja
# Infante Fernando, 2nd Duke of Viseu (1433–1470), King Duarte I's third son (second surviving);
# I ...
and the crisis of the aristocracy which led to the abdication of
Afonso VI of Portugal
'' Dom'' Afonso VI (; 21 August 164312 September 1683), known as "the Victorious" (), was the second king of Portugal of the House of Braganza from 1656 until his death. He was initially under the regency of his mother, Luisa de Guzmán, until ...
on 1667. In 1675, he returned to Lisbon where he was chosen for deputy of the Board of the Three States.
He served as finance minister to the king, Dom Pedro II. His economic policies were noted as being highly mercantilist.
He appeared to suffer from depression, described at the time as "bouts of melancholy"; in 1690 he committed suicide at the palace in Lisbon. He was succeeded by Francisco Xavier Menezes as the Count of Ericeira.
Selected works
* "''Compendio panegyrico da vida e acções do Excellentissimo Senhor Luiz Alvares de Tavora, conde de S. João, marquez de Tavora''". Lisbon, 1674
* "''Historia de Portugal Restaurado (Parte I)''". 'History of Portugal During the Restoration, Part 1''Lisbon, 1678
* "''Historia de Portugal Restaurado (Parte II)''". 'History of Portugal During the Restoration, Part 1'' Lisbon, 1698 - His last work that defended the work including its introduction and the legitimacy of the new Bragança Dynasty.
* "''Exemplos de virtudes morales en la vida de Jorge Castrioto, llamado Scanderbeg, principe de los Epirotas y Albanezes, etc.,''" 'Examples of Moral Virtues on the Life of George Castrioto, known as Scanderbeg, Prince of Epirus and the Albanians, etc;''* "''Relação do felice successo que conseguiram as armas do Serenissimo principe D. Pedro, nosso senhor, governadas por Francisco de Tavora, governador e capitão general do reino de Angola, contra a rebellião de D. João, rei das Pedras e Dongo, no mez de dezembro de 1671''";, as anonymous and in the same year of impression
* "''Soneto em applauso do Panegyrico poetico que dedicou a el rei D. Pedro II o principe Seneschal de Ligne, Marquez de Arronches''". Lisbon, 1685 [Modern Portuguese: ''Soneto em aplauso do Panegirico poético que dedicou á rei D. Pedro II, o príncipe Senechal de Ligne, Marques de Arronches'', English: ''Sonnet in Applause of a Panegyric Poems Dedicated to King Peter II and Prince Senechal de Ligne, Marquis of Arronches'']
He also had a few manuscripts mainly written in the Castilian (Spanish) language, two of them were comedies in verse.
Further reading
*Serrão, Joel - ''Dictionary of the History of Portugal'', p. 26-28
*Torres, João Romano. ''Portugal - Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico'', Volume II, p. 1262-1263.