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Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira | |
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| Count of Amarante | |
 19th-century portrait of General Silveira, Count of Amarante | |
| Successor | Manuel da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira, 2nd Count of Amarante, 1st Marquess of Chaves |
| Full name | Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira |
| Born | (1763-09-01)1 September 1763 Peso da Régua,Portugal |
| Died | 27 May 1821(1821-05-27) (aged 57) Vila Real, Portugal |
| Noble family | Fonseca Teixeira |
| Father | Manuel da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca |
| Mother | Antónia Silveira |
| Occupation | Lieutenant General (War of the Oranges,Peninsular War) |
D.Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira, 1st Count of Amarante (1 September 1763 – 27 May 1821) was a Portuguese army officer who fought in theWar of the Oranges and other campaigns of thePeninsular War.
Francisco da Silveira was born in the town of Canelas (nowPeso da Régua), the son of Manuel da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca and Antónia Silveira.
He became a cadet in the Almeida Cavalry Regiment on 25 April 1780, from which his career developed in subsequent years: he was promoted to ensign by 27 February 1790; then lieutenant in the 6th Cavalry Regiment, then called the Light Regiment of Chaves, on 17 December 1792, before becoming a captain and adjunct-aide to the field marshal of theProvince of Beira, João Brun da Silveira, on 17 December 1799. He succeeded his father as theMajorat of Espírito Santo on 22 February 1785.
During the war between France and Spain (in 1801), Francisco da Silveira, along with other important people in the province, raised a voluntary corp, and as sergeant figured in the Monterei company, commanded byGomes Freire de Andrade. He was rewarded by being assigned to the 6th Cavalry Regiment, first as sergeant, then as lieutenant commander on 14 March 1803.
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He commanded the cavalry in 1807, when the Portuguese army was ordered to march from the borders to the coast. He was inAveiro, when in December he was called to Coimbra to testify for the annihilation of the 6th, 9th, 11th and 12th regiments, by GeneralJunot. With the fall of the monarchy in sight, he escaped to Porto in order to board an English ship, where he assumed that he would depart for Brazil. His plan foiled, he escaped to Vila Real, where he later became one of the factors in the acclamation of the legitimate government in 1808.
In March 1809 he led a force which carried out the successfulSiege of Chaves from its French garrison. Hekept the French from capturingAmarante from 18 April to 3 May 1809 during thesecond French invasion of Portugal. Driven out, he later recaptured the place and helped cut off the forces ofNicolas Soult, forcing theFrench marshal to abandon his artillery and wagon trains in order to escape. He commanded a Portuguese division inArthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington's Allied army at theBattle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813.
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