The first Marquis of Pombal. Count of Oeiras (Portuguese :Conde de Oeiras ) was a Portuguesetitle of nobility created by a royal decree, dated July 15, 1759, by KingJoseph I of Portugal , and granted toSebastião José de Carvalho e Melo , Chief Minister of the Portuguese government.
Later, Joseph issued a royal decree dated September 16, 1769, in which he elevated the Count of Oeiras to the dignity of a marquisate as theMarquis of Pombal (Portuguese :Marquês de Pombal ).
List of counts of Oeiras (1759) and Marquises of Pombal (1769)[ edit ] 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. AlsoChairman of theLisbon 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 Pombal and 5th Count of Santiago de Beduído; 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 Beduído; Manuel Sebastião de Almeida de Carvalho Daun e Lorena (1930–2021), 12th Count of Oeiras, 9th Marquis of Pombal and 8th Count of Santiago of Beduído. Sebastião José de Carvalho Daun e Lorena (b. 1955), 13th Count of Oeiras, 10th Marquis of Pombal and 9th Count of Santiago of Beduído. ”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. III, pages 68/69 and 133/152. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
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