{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2012 __NOTOC__ The office of Marshal of the Kingdom of Portugal (''Marechal do Reino de Portugal'', sometimes ''Mariscal'') was created by King

Ferdinand I of Portugal Ferdinand I ( pt, Fernando; 31 October 1345 – 22 October 1383), sometimes called the Handsome () or occasionally the Inconstant (), was the King of Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. His death led to the 1383–85 crisis, also k ...

in 1382, in the course of the reorganization of the higher offices of the army of the

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. The

Marshal Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society. As marshals became trusted members of the courts of Medieval Europe, the title grew in reputation. During the last few centuries, it has been used for elevated o ...

was directly subordinate to the

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(''Condestável''), being principally responsible for the high administrative matters, including the quartering of troops, supplies and other logistical matters. Gonçalo Vasques de Azevedo was appointed the first Marshal of the Kingdom in 1382. The office then passed to his son-in-law,

Gonçalo Vasques Coutinho Gonçalo is a Portuguese masculine given name and family name. People with the name include: * Gonçalo Brandão, a Portuguese footballer *Gonçalo Coelho, a Portuguese explorer of the South Atlantic and of the South American coast *Gonçalo For ...

, and was maintained within the Coutinho family (see

Counts of Marialva The Count of Marialva ( pt, Conde de Marialva) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, issued in 1440, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to Vasco Fernandes Coutinho (from a family descendency dating to the old Portugue ...

) until the

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of 1580. After the 1640 restoration of Portugal, the office was resurrected by King João IV of Portugal and the Algarves, and maintained for a few more years. The following is the list of title-holders. The date refers to the approximate year of appointment.

List of the Marshals of the Kingdom of Portugal

# Gonçalo Vasques de Azevedo – 1383 #Gonçalo Vasques Coutinho, lord of Couto de Leomil – 1385 #

Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, 1st Count of Marialva Vasco Fernades Coutinho ( 1385 – 1450) was a distinguished Portuguese nobleman, the 3rd Marshal of Portugal and 1st Count of Marialva (from 1440/41). Personal life Fernandes Coutinho was the son of Gonçalo Vasques Coutinho, Lord of Couto d ...

– c.1413. #D. Fernando (I) Coutinho – c. 1450 #D. Álvaro Gonçalves Coutinho – c. 1480 # D. Fernando (II) Coutinho – c. 1500 #D. Álvaro Coutinho – c. 1530 #D. Fernando (III) Coutinho – c. 1560 #D. Fernando (IV) Coutinho – c. 1578 #D. Fernando Mascarenhas, Conde de Serém – 1643 #D. Jorge Mascarenhas, Conde de Serém – 1650

References

* Magalhaes Sepulveda, C.A. de (1902) ''História orgânica e politica do exército portuguêz'', Lisbon: Impresa Nacional

External links

*SOBRAL, José J. X.
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List of the Marshals of the Kingdom of Portugal

See also

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