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Porto Seguro Porto Seguro (, Safe Harbor in English), is a city located in the far south of Bahia, Brazil. The city has an estimated population of 150,658 (2020), covers , and has a population density of 52.7 residents per square kilometer. The area that inc ...

(in Portuguese ''Marquês de Porto Seguro'') was a Portuguese

title of nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characterist ...

created by a royal decree of king Philip III of Portugal (aka Philipe IV of Spain) dated from 8 April 1627, and granted to D. Afonso of Lencastre, 2nd son of

Álvaro of Lencastre, 3rd Duke of Aveiro Álvaro of Lencastre (1540–1626) was the son of Afonso of Lencastre, second son of infante George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Coimbra. Disputed inheritance When George of Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Aveiro died, in 1578 in the Battle of Alcácer ...

. Afonso always supported the Habsburg kings and even after the Portuguese revolution of 1 December 1640, he remained faithful to the Spanish Dynasty. Later, by a decree issued on 23 March 1642, King Philip granted him the titles of

Duke of Abrantes Duke of Abrantes ( es, Duque de Abrantes) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1642 by Philip IV to Alfonso de Láncaster, son of the 3rd Duke of Aveiro and a great-grandchild ...

and Marquis of Sardoal. However, as Philip IV was no longer King of Portugal, they were never recognise by the Portuguese authorities.

List of the Marquesses of Porto Seguro (1627)

# Afonso of Lencastre (1597–1654), also 1st

and 1st Marquis of Sardoal (titles not valid in Portugal)

Marquis of Puerto Seguro (Spanish title)

Afonso's son, Agustin de Lancastre Padilla y Bobadilla (1639- ? ), inherited his father's House and honours, namely the title of Marquis of Porto Seguro, which still exist in Spain as Marquis of Puerto Seguro (Spanish spelling) as a Spanish title. This title was never recognized by the Dynasty of Braganza.

External links

Genealogy of the Marquesses of Porto Seguro, in Portuguese

Bibliography

"Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. III, page 173. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989. Portuguese nobility

List of the Marquesses of Porto Seguro (1627)

Marquis of Puerto Seguro (Spanish title)

See also

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