Count of Oeiras

Count of Oeiras
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The Coat of Arms of the Carvalho family, Counts of Oeiras and Marquesses of Pombal.

Count of Oeiras (in Portuguese Conde de Oeiras) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from July 15th, 1759, by King Joseph I of Portugal, and granted to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Head of the Portuguese Government.

Later, through another royal decree dated from September 16th, 1769, the same King upgraded his title to Marquis of Pombal.

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List of the Counts of Oeiras (1759) and Marquesses of Pombal (1769)

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (1699-1782), 1st Count of Oeiras and 1st Marquis of Pombal;
Henrique José de Carvalho e Melo (1748-1812), 2nd Count of Oeiras and 2nd Marquis of Pombal. Also Chairman of the Lisbon Senate;
José Francisco Xavier Maria de Carvalho Melo e Daun (1753-1821), 3rd Count of Oeiras and 3rd Marquis of Pombal;
Sebastião José de Carvalho Melo e Daun (1785-1834), 4th Count of Oeiras and 4th Marquis of Pombal;
João José Maria de Carvalho de Albuquerque Daun e Lorena, 5th Count of Oeiras;
Manuel José de Carvalho Melo e Daun de Albuquerque Sousa e Lorena (1881-1886), 6th Count of Oeiras and 5th Marquis of Pombal;
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo Daun Albuquerque da Silva e Lorena (1849-1874), 7th Count of Oeiras;
António de Carvalho Melo e Daun de Albuquerque e Lorena (1850-1911), 8th Count of Oeiras, 6th Marquis of Marquis of Pombal and 5th Count of Santiago de Beduíno;
Manuel José de Carvalho e Daun de Albuquerque e Lorena (1875- ? ), 9th Count of Oeiras and 7th Marquis of Pombal;
António Severino de Carvalho e Melo Albuquerque Daun Lorena (1901-1943), 10th Count of Oeiras
Sebastião José de Carvalho Daun e Lorena (1903- ? ), 11th Count of Oeiras, 8th Marquis of Pombal and 7th Count of Santiago de Beduíno;
Manuel Sebastião de Almeida de Carvalho Daun e Lorena (b. 1930), 12th Count of Oeiras, 9th Marquis of Pombal and 8th Count of Santiago of Beduíno.

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. III, pages 68/69 and 133/152. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.

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