{{Use dmy dates, date=March 2012 Marquis of Alorna was a

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title of nobility granted, on 9 November 1748, by King

John V of Portugal Dom John V ( pt, João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 17 ...

, to D. Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos, 3rd Count of Assumar and 44th

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. Originally, on 24 March 1744, the title was granted to him as Marquis of Castelo Novo but, due to his victories in India, it was changed, in 1748, to Marquis of Alorna, a town in

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. The House of Alorna was later inherited by the Marquesses of Fronteira, once the last Marchioness of this line, Leonor Benedita Maria de Oyenhausen de Almeida (1776–1850), married João José Luis Mascarenhas Barreto (1778–1806), 6th Marquis of Fronteira.

List of the Marquesses of Alorna

# Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos (1688–1756), also 3rd Count of Assumar and 1st Marquis of Castelo Novo; # João de Almeida Portugal (1726–1802), his son, 4th Count of Assumar # Pedro José de Almeida Portugal(1754–1813), his son, 5th Count of Assumar #

Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna D. Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna, 8th Countess of Assumar (31 October 1750 – 11 October 1839) was a Portuguese noblewoman, painter, and poet. Commonly known by her nickname, ''Alcipe'', the Marquise was a prime figure in t ...

, his sister, known as Alcipe (1750–1839), 8th Countess of Assumar. Married to Karl, Count of Oyenhausen-Gravenburg; #Leonor Benedita Maria de Oyenhausen de Almeida (1776–1850), their daughter, 9th Countess of Assumar and Countess of Oyenhausen (in

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). Married, on 10 November 1799, to João José Luis Mascarenhas Barreto (1778–1806), 6th Marquis of Fronteira. For the following Marquesses see '' Marquis of Fronteira''

External links

Genealogy of the Marquesses of Alorna, in PortugueseGenealogy of the Marquis of Castelo Novo, in Portuguese

Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 250/257 and page 509. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989. Portuguese nobility

List of the Marquesses of Alorna

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