Duke of Ávila and Bolama
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granted by King Luís I of Portugal
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to António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama
António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama
António José de Ávila was a Portuguese politician, mayor of the city of Horta, on the island of Faial, in the Azores, Civil Governor of the same, Peer-of-the-Realm, Minister of State, and later Ambassador to Spain....
, a remarkable Portuguese
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politician and ambassador
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during the liberal period.
Originally, the title was granted, in 1864 as Count of Ávila (in Portuguese Conde de Ávila) and it was successively upgraded, by the same King, to Marquis of Ávila and Bolama (in Portuguese Marquês de Ávila e Bolama) in 1870, and finally by a royal decree dated from May 14, 1878, to Duke of Ávila and Bolama (in Portuguese Duque de Ávila e Bolama).
This was the first Dukedom
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to be granted to a non-noble born person, once in Portugal
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the title of Duke
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was, traditionally, granted to members of high nobility, relatives of the Portuguese Royal Family, such as the second sons of monarchs.
List of the dukes, marquesses and counts
- António José de ÁvilaAntónio José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and BolamaAntónio José de Ávila was a Portuguese politician, mayor of the city of Horta, on the island of Faial, in the Azores, Civil Governor of the same, Peer-of-the-Realm, Minister of State, and later Ambassador to Spain....
(1806-1881), 1st Count of Ávila (1864), 1st Marquis of Ávila and Bolama (1870), 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama (1878); - António José de Ávila (1842-1917), nephew of the 1st Duke. 2nd Count of Ávila and 2nd Marquis of Ávila and Bolama (didn't inherired the title of Duke). 33rd Mayor of Lisbon (1901-1903);
- Manuel de Carvalho de Ávila (1876-1979), inherited from his uncle the title of 3rd Count of Ávila.
See also
- List of Portuguese Dukedoms
- List of Prime Ministers of Portugal
- List of mayors of Lisbon