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António Maria De Sousa Horta E Costa
António Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa (21 September 1859 – 5 September 1931) was a Portuguese jurist, magistrate, and politician. He was the third son of Miguel António de Sousa Horta Almeida e Vasconcelos, 2nd Baron of Santa Comba Dão and second wife Maria da Glória da Costa Brandão e Albuquerque. Career He was a graduate in law from the University of Coimbra, Judge of Law in Portuguese Guinea, having served in the interim the offices of governor-general and secretary general of the Province of Mozambique and, as an effective, the one of Delegate of the Procurator of the Crown and Treasury of Inhambane and Mozambique, and the one of Administrator of the Council of Soure, later becoming Judge Counselor of the Supreme Court of Justice. Family He married firstly on 15 February 1885 Guilhermina de Carvalho da Costa Soares (3 November 1868 – 15 July 1888), daughter of Dr Pedro da Costa Soares, Bachelor graduated in law from the University of Coimbra, Captain-Major of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese People
The Portuguese people ( – masculine – or ''Portuguesas'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation Ethnic groups in Europe, indigenous to Portugal, a country that occupies the west side of the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe, south-west Europe, who share Culture of Portugal, culture, ancestry and Portuguese language, language. The Portuguese state began with the founding of the County of Portugal in 868. Following the Battle of São Mamede (1128), Portugal gained international recognition as a Kingdom of Portugal, kingdom through the Treaty of Zamora and the papal bull Manifestis Probatum. This Portuguese state paved the way for the Portuguese people to unite as a nation. The Portuguese Portuguese maritime exploration, explored Hic sunt Dracones, distant lands previously unknown to Europeans—in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania (southwest Pacific Ocean). In 1415, with the conquest of Ceuta, the Portuguese took a significant role in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain-Major
A donatary captain was a Portuguese colonial official to whom the Crown granted jurisdiction, rights and revenues over some colonial territory. The recipient of these grants was called a (donatary), because he had been given the grant as a (donation) by the king, often as a reward for service.Johnson 1972 The term also applied as the rank of the field officer that was in charge of a captaincy, captaincy's territorial militia, called in Portuguese, a military unit which existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Captaincy system Due to the impossibility of exercising direct control and sovereignty over overseas territories, the captain-major was the channel by which the monarch could delegate his powers, with certain restrictions, under the responsibility of persons in whom he confided. The could administer, on behalf of the Sovereign, the lands to which he was assigned, with all the regalia, rights and obligations, with the exception of certain limits, including military aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
