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, granted by a decree issued by King

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on 2 January 1659, to D. Francisco de Sá e Menezes, 3rd

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. On 24 June 1718, the 3rd Marquess of Fontes had his title changed, by King

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, to Marquess of Abrantes, once he descended, by female line, from the prestigious Counts of Abrantes, an old line already extinct.

List of the Marquesses of Fontes (1659)

# Francisco de Sá e Menezes (c.1640-1677), also 4th

; # João Rodrigues de Sá Menezes (1674-1688), his son, also 6th

; # Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Menezes (1676-1733), his brother, also 7th

. He became 1st Marquess of Abrantes in 1718.

External links

Genealogy of the Marquesses of Fontes, in Portuguese

Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, page 614. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989. Fontes 1659 establishments in Portugal pt:Marquês de Fontes

List of the Marquesses of Fontes (1659)

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