António Sebastião Spínola (
Machico
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Porto da Cruz
Porto da Cruz (, is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the concelho, municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,597, in an area of 25.22 km2.
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The origin of the community's name ca ...
, 13 July 1875 –
Machico
Machico () is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast part of the island of Madeira Island, Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third-most populous area with a populati ...
,
Porto da Cruz
Porto da Cruz (, is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the concelho, municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,597, in an area of 25.22 km2.
History
The origin of the community's name ca ...
, 19 March 1956) was an
Inspector General of
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and Chief of Cabinet of the
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Oliveira Salazar Oliveira may refer to:
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and afterwards of
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João Pinto da Costa Leite, 4th Conde de Lumbrales, Councilor and
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of the ''Fundação da Casa de Bragança'', etc.
He was the son and oldest child of António Sebastião Spínola (
Machico
Machico () is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast part of the island of Madeira Island, Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third-most populous area with a populati ...
,
Porto da Cruz
Porto da Cruz (, is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the concelho, municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,597, in an area of 25.22 km2.
History
The origin of the community's name ca ...
, 2 March 1845 - ?), a
landowner in the Island of
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, and Maria José da Silva (
Machico
Machico () is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast part of the island of Madeira Island, Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third-most populous area with a populati ...
,
Porto da Cruz
Porto da Cruz (, is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the concelho, municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,597, in an area of 25.22 km2.
History
The origin of the community's name ca ...
, 18 October 1854 - ?). (m.
Machico
Machico () is a municipality, parish and city in the southeast part of the island of Madeira Island, Madeira, in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The easternmost municipality on the island, it is also the third-most populous area with a populati ...
,
Porto da Cruz
Porto da Cruz (, is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish in the concelho, municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,597, in an area of 25.22 km2.
History
The origin of the community's name ca ...
, 18 May 1874)
He married firstly in
Funchal
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, São Pedro, on 6 September 1902 to Maria Gabriela Alves Ribeiro (
Funchal
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, São Pedro, 14 June 1884
Baptised
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in Funchal
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, São Pedro, on 13 July 1884. - ?), daughter of Francisco Antonio Rivera y Amigo (
Galicia,
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, Santiago de Covelo, 1855 - ?), a
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in
Funchal
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, and (m.
Funchal
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,
Sé, 20 November 1880) Virgínia Alves (
Funchal
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,
Sé, 1860 - ?). They had four children:
* Maria Emília Ribeiro Spínola (1905
Estremoz, Santo André - August 1906 at age 16 months)
*
António Sebastião Ribeiro Spínola (1910–1996),
Portuguese President of the Republic
* Francisco Ribeiro Spínola (
Almada
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, 16 August 1912 –
Lisbon
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, 1994), married to Corina Flores Cabeça (
Beja, 2 December 1916 –), from a branch of the Cabeça de Vaca family of
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, and had issue
* Gabriela Ribeiro Spínola, who died a child
He married secondly Alice de Lemos de Araújo, without issue.
References
Sources
* ''Fotobiografias do Século XX'', Photobiography of António de Spínola, Círculo de Leitores.
1875 births
1956 deaths
Government ministers of Portugal
People from Machico, Madeira
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