Jorge O'Neill - Diario Illustrado (21Nov1890)

Jorge Torlades O'Neill (15 December 1817 (registered 1825), in Lisbon, Encarnação – 18 November 1890), was the titular head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in

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since the 18th century.

Family

He was the second son who became the successor of the previous head José Maria O'Neill and wife Ludovina de Jesus Alves Solano, succeeding his older brother José Carlos O'Neill, who died unmarried and without issue. He was also the representative of the title of

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of Santa Mónica, in

, after the death of his younger brother Henrique O'Neill, 1st Viscount of Santa Mónica unmarried and without issue.

Life

He was the Main

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of the ''Casa Comercial Torlades'',

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and

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in Lisbon,

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and Commander of the Order of Christ, and

and Commander of the Order of Our Lady of the Concepcion of Vila Viçosa, Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog of

, Officer of the Order of Leopold of

and of the

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of the

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, etc., and a personal friend of

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. He met Hans Christian Andersen during his visit to

.''Sangue Velho Sangue Novo'', Manuel de Melo Correia, Instituto Português de Heráldica, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1988, N.º 35 e N.º 146

Marriage and issue

He married in Lisbon, Encarnação, on 20 June 1846 his first cousin Carolina Teresa O'Neill (

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, Vitória, 5 January 1822 - Lisbon, 11 November 1893/1913), daughter of Joaquim Maria Torlades O'Neill and wife Joana Carolina de Brito e Cunha, and had two sons: * Jorge Torlades O'Neill II (Lisbon, Encarnação, 15 February 1849 - 11 February 1925) * Artur Torlades O'Neill ( Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 15 December 1851 - 9 November 1880), married Maria da Glória de Brito de Carvalho Gorjão, daughter of Francisco Gorjão and wife ... de Brito de Carvalho, without issue

References

External links

Jorge Torlades O'Neill's Genealogy in a Portuguese Genealogical site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oneill, Jorge Torlades, I 1817 births 1890 deaths Irish lords Portuguese diplomats Portuguese nobility Portuguese people of Irish descent Connachta O'Neill dynasty 19th-century Portuguese people Nobility from Lisbon Viscounts of Santa Mónica

Family

Life

Marriage and issue

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