Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
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Order of the Tower and Sword
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, KCVO
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(Lisbon
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, Santa Catarina, 11 June 1843 - 11 August 1923) was a Portuguese
Portuguese people
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naval commander and politician.
Ancestry
He was the only son of João Maria Ferreira do AmaralJoão Maria Ferreira do Amaral
João Maria Ferreira do Amaral was a Portuguese military and politician.-Background:He was the first son of Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, born in Lisbon, Alcântara, on 3 May 1773, whose male line was de Macedo, a Fidalgo of the Royal Household and a Sergeant of the Portuguese Army and the...
and wife Maria Helena de Albuquerque, 1st Baroness of Oliveira Lima
Maria Helena de Albuquerque, 1st Baroness of Oliveira Lima
Maria Helena de Albuquerque, 1st Baroness of Oliveira Lima was a Portuguese noblewoman.-Ancestry:...
.
Career
He distinguished himself as a military and became Vice-Admiral and AdmiralAdmiral
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of the Portuguese Navy
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, being able to conquer important territories in Cabinda, Angola
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. For his successes, the realm wanted to grant him the title of Count
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, which he refused, suggesting that it would be better to grant his mother instead, who would be happier with it.
He served as Peer of the Realm
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by Royal Letter of 17 March 1898, Member of the Council of His Most Faithful Majesty, Minister
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of State and the first President of the Council of Ministers of Manuel II of Portugal
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, or 75th Prime Minister of Portugal
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, Deputy
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of the Nation, Governor
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of Moçâmedes
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, Governor
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of São Tomé e Príncipe, 78th Governor
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of Angola
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(1882-1886) (1882–1886) and 101st Governor
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of the State of India
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(1886-1886), President
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of the Society of Geography, 308th Grand Cross
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of the Order of the Tower and Sword
Order of the Tower and Sword
The Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit is a Portuguese order of knighthood and the pinnacle of the Portuguese honours system. It was created by King Afonso V in 1459....
, etc. He was also created an Honorary Knight Commander
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of the Royal Victorian Order
Royal Victorian Order
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.
Marriage and issue
He married in Lisbon, São Julião, on 12 September 1880 Carolina Amélia Bastos (Lisbon, Santa Justa, 4 November 1852 - GoaGoa
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, India
Portuguese India
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, 22 October 1886), daughter of António Inácio Bastos and wife Maria Cristina da Conceição Tibau, and had three children:
- João Maria Basto Ferreira do Amaral (1881 - 27 September 1884)
- Maria Cristina Basto Ferreira do Amaral (LuandaLuandaLuanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
, 18 March 1883 - PenamacorPenamacorPenamacor is a municipality in Portugal with an area of 563.9 km² and a population of 6,160 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 12 parishes and is located in the district of Castelo Branco....
, Aldeia de João Pires, 15 September 1960), married António Emídio Taborda de Azevedo e Costa (Penamacor, Penamacor – Penamacor, Aldeia de João Pires), and had issue - Augusto Basto Ferreira do Amaral (Nova Goa, Goa, India, 17 October 1886 - Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 10 February 1947)
Illegitimate issue
Before wedlock he had two more recognized children.At age 18 he impregnated a servant from his house (who was also the mistress
Mistress (lover)
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and later second wife of his first cousin Guilherme de Albuquerque Carvalhal e França, by whom she had Júlio de Albuquerque e França), which scandal led them both to be expelled from their home, and had one daughter:
- Serícia Emília Ferreira do Amaral (Lisbon, September 1861 - ?), unmarried and without issue
By Augusta Frederica Smith Chaves (c. 1850 - aft. 1923), of English
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descent, he had one son:
- João Maria Ferreira do AmaralJoão Maria Ferreira do Amaral IIJoão Maria Ferreira do Amaral, OTS, CC was a Portuguese military.-Ancestry:He was a natural son of Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral by Augusta Frederica Smith Chaves.-Life:...
(Lisbon, São Julião, 14 June 1876 - Lisbon, 11 March/3 November 1931)
Sources
- Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III, 1985, Tomo II, pp. 758-761