Count

Count

A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...

 of Alvor

Alvor

-Portugal:* Alvor , a civil parish in the municipality of Portimão* Alvor Castle, a castle in the parish of Alvor, district of Faro...

(in Portuguese Conde de Alvor) was a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 title of nobility granted by king Peter II of Portugal in 4 February 1683, to Francisco de Távora, second son of António Luís de Távora, 2nd Count of São João da Pesqueira.

With the Távora affair

Távora affair

The Távora affair was a political scandal of the 18th century Portuguese court. The events triggered by the attempted murder of King Joseph I of Portugal in 1758 ended with the public execution of the entire Távora family and its closest relatives in 1759...

 and the 3rd Count's execution in 1759, this title was extincted and it was granted again, in the 19th Century, to Pedro Maria da Piedade de Lencastre e Távora, second son of the 8th Marquis of Abrantes

Marquis of Abrantes

Marquis of Abrantes was a Portuguese title of nobility, granted by a decree issued by King John V of Portugal on 24 June 1718, to Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 3rd Marquis of Fontes and 7th Count of Penaguião....

, who descended from the Távoras.

List of the Counts of Alvor

1. Francisco de Távora (1646-1710);
2. Bernardo António Filipe Neri de Távora (1681-1744), his son;
3. Francisco de Assis de Távora (1703-1759), his son, married to his cousin Leonor de Távora
   Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marchioness of Távora
   Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marchioness of Távora was a Portuguese noblewoman, most notable for being one of those executed during the Távora affair....
   
   , 3rd Marchioness of Távora
   Marquis of Tavora
   Count of São João da Pesqueira was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from 21 March 1611, by King Philip II of Portugal , and granted to Dom Luís Álvares de Távora, Lord of Távora.In the 17th century this family received new honours: a royal decree of King Afonso VI of...
   
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4. Pedro Maria da Piedade de Lancastre e Távora (1889- ? ), second son of the 8th Marquis of Abrantes
   Marquis of Abrantes
   Marquis of Abrantes was a Portuguese title of nobility, granted by a decree issued by King John V of Portugal on 24 June 1718, to Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 3rd Marquis of Fontes and 7th Count of Penaguião....
   
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