Marquess of Gouveia (in Portuguese ''Marquês de Gouveia'') was a Portuguese

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created by King Philip III of Portugal, also known as

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, by a royal decree dated from January 20, 1625, granted to Manrique da Silva, who already was 6th Count of Portalegre, second male child of the 4th Counts of Portalegre. The title was extinguished by King

Joseph I of Portugal Dom Joseph I ( pt, José Francisco António Inácio Norberto Agostinho, ; 6 June 1714 – 24 February 1777), known as the Reformer (Portuguese: ''o Reformador''), was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other activ ...

following the

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. In the late 19th Century, King

Charles I of Portugal ''Dom'' Carlos I (; English: King Charles of Portugal; 28 September 1863 – 1 February 1908), known as the Diplomat ( pt, o Diplomata), the Martyr ( pt, o Martirizado), and the Oceanographer ( pt, o Oceanógrafo), among many other names, was ...

granted the title of Marquis of Gouveia (as a second creation) to Afonso de Serpa Leitão Freire Pimentel, by a royal decree dated from November 15, 1900 .

List of the Marquesses of Gouveia

First creation (1625)

# Manrique da Silva, also 6th Count of Portalegre; # João da Silva (c. 1625-1686), also 7th Count of Portalegre; # Martinho Mascarenhas, (1681-1723), also 6th

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; # João Mascarenhas (1699- ? ), also 7th

; # José Mascarenhas da Silva e Lencastre (1708-1759), also 8th

and 8th

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; # Martinho Mascarenhas (1740-1805), older male child of the 5th Marquis of Gouveia, he was nicknamed ''o marquesinho'' (the little Marquis).

Second creation (1900)

#Afonso de Serpa Leitão Freire Pimentel (1848-1930), 1st Count of Gouveia (May 20, 1879, by King

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), upgraded to 1st Marquis of Gouveia (November 15, 1900, by King

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); #Jorge de Serpa Pimentel (1923-1997), also 3rd Baron of São João de Areias; #Jorge Paiva Brandão de Serpa Pimentel (born 1958), also 4th Baron of São João de Areias.

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Genealogy of the Marquesses of Gouveia (first creation), in PortugueseGenealogy of the Marquesses of Gouveia (second creation), in Portuguese
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List of the Marquesses of Gouveia

First creation (1625)

Second creation (1900)

See also

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