Domingos Correia Arouca (older spelling: Domingos Corrêa Arouca) (1 May 1790 – 24 January 1861) was a Portuguese general, administrator and colonial governor of Cape Verde from 1835 to 1837,
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'', Editorial Enciclopédia, L.da .l. Vol. III. p. 284. he was also a Portuguese politician and freemason.
Biography
Correia Arouca was born in
Castro Marim
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The current Mayor is Francisco Amaral, elected by the Social Democratic Party.
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to Simão (born in Castro Marim-14 May 1827 in Castro Marim) and Maria Teresa Cândida Mascarenhas (born and died in Castro Marim), he originated from an
Algarvian family. He is paternally descended from João Fernandes Zuzarte, Knight of Casa Real and Afonso de Arouca who was a criminal and civil judge of
Beja on 17 August 1450.
[Direction of Manuel de Mello Corrêa (1st Edition, Lisbon, 1985) ''Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal'' (''Portuguese Noble Annual''), Portuguese Heraldic Institute, Vol; II. p. 1004.]
He was an official in the army, fought in the
Peninsular War
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and took part in the military company in
Mozambique
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. He was lieutenant for Mozambique in 1810 and he commanded the companies in
Inhambane and
Quelimane
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and was overseas governor of the district.
He was Knight of Casa Real for Alvará on 4 December 1834
In early 1836, he became the 73rd governor of Cape Verde in which he would govern even into the
September Revolution
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Causes
A number of liberal laws, advoc ...
in Portugal. He succeeded Joaquim Pereira Marinho on 24 July and later would be succeeded by that person on 13 January as its people did not supported Correia Arouca.
He was later senator of the Kingdom of Portugal.
He was commander of the
Ordem Militar de Avis, he was the 133rd commander of the Order of Nossa Senhora da Conceição de
Vila Viçosa
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The municipal holiday is August 16.
Parishes
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on 18 February 1840.
He reached the 33rd grade of the
Ancient Scottish Rite, after he took part of the Supreme Council of
José da Silva Carvalho
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.
He died on 24 January 1861 in Santa Isabel in
Lisbon and was buried at
Cemitério dos Prazeres.
Personal life
He married Maria Teresa Augusta de Sousa (1808 in
Chamusca, São Bras-11 September 1884 in
Santos-o-Velho, Lisbon), daughter of António José Ferreira and his wife Ana Rita. They were parents of
Frederico de Gusmão Correia Arouca and had a child Maria Amália de Gusmão Correia Arouca (Lisbon, Santa Isabel, Fevereiro de 1850 - ?).
See also
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List of colonial governors of Cape Verde
The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited when discovered and claimed by Portugal in 1456. A Portuguese colony was established in 1462. The islands were united as a single crown colony in 1587. In 1951, the islands became an overseas provin ...
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1790 births
1861 deaths
Colonial heads of Cape Verde
Portuguese colonial governors and administrators
Portuguese generals