Count of Assumar 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, in 30 March 1630, by King Philip III of Portugal

Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640...

, to D. Francisco de Melo

Francisco de Melo

Don Francisco de Melo was a Portuguese nobleman and general.-Biography:de Melo was born at Estremoz, in Portugal....

, son of Constantino de Bragança, a junior member of the House of Cadaval

Duke of Cadaval

The Dukes of Cadaval have their origins in Álvaro of Braganza, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval, 4th male son of Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. Dom Álvaro married Dona Phillipa of Melo, the rich daughter and heir of Rodrigo of Melo, 1st...

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As Francisco de Melo supported the right of the Habsburgs to the Portuguese throne, even after their expel in 1 December 1640, the county returned to the Crown, and it was granted, again, by Prince Regent Pedro (who later became Peter II of Portugal) to D. Pedro de Almeida, in 11 April 1677.

List of the Counts of Assumar

First Creation

1. Francisco de Melo

Second Creation

1. Pedro de Almeida (1630-1679)
2. João de Almeida Portugal (1663-1733)
3. Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos (1688-1756), also 1st Marquis of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 9 November 1748, by King John V of Portugal, to D. Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos, 3rd Count of Assumar and 44th viceroy of India....
   
   
4. João de Almeida Portugal (1726-1802), 2nd Marquis of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 9 November 1748, by King John V of Portugal, to D. Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos, 3rd Count of Assumar and 44th viceroy of India....
   
   
5. Pedro José de Almeida Portugal(1754-1813), 3rd Marquis of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 9 November 1748, by King John V of Portugal, to D. Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos, 3rd Count of Assumar and 44th viceroy of India....
   
   
6. João de Almeida Portugal (1786-1805)
7. Miguel de Almeida Portugal (1787-1806)
8. Leonor de Almeida Portugal de Lorena e Lencastre, known as Alcipe (1750-1839), 4th Marchioness of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna
   Marquis of Alorna was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 9 November 1748, by King John V of Portugal, to D. Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos, 3rd Count of Assumar and 44th viceroy of India....
   
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Family name

The Counts of Assumar family name was Almeida Portugal, once the 1st Count, D. Pedro de Almeida, descended through his paternal grandfather from the Almeida family (Counts of Abrantes

Count of Abrantes

Count of Abrantes was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from June 13, 1476, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to his 4th cousin, Lopo de Almeida....

) and through his paternal grandmother from the Portugal family (Counts of Vimioso

Count of Vimioso

Count of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...

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External links

• Genealogy of the Counts of Assumar, in Portuguese