João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha

João de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun,
Duke of Saldanha

Prime Minister of Portugal Prime Minister of Portugal Prime Minister is the current title of the chief of the Portuguese Government. As chief executive, the Prime Minister coordinates the action of ministers, representing the Government from the other organs of state, accountable to Parliament and keeps the President informed... (President of the Council of Ministers)
Order:	3rd, 17th, 20th and 30th
Term of Office	(1st) May 27, 1835 – November 18, 11835 (as Marquis of Saldanha) (2nd) October 6, 1846 – June 18, 1849 (3rd) May 1, 1851 – June 6, 1856 (4th) May 19, 1870 – August 29, 1870
Predecessor:	(1st) Count of Linhares (2nd) Duke of Palmela Pedro de Sousa Holstein Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Count, 1st Marquess and 1st Duke of Palmela was one of the most important Portuguese diplomats and statesmen in the first half of the 19th century. He also served as the country's first Prime Minister... (3rd) Duke of Terceira António Severim de Noronha Dom António José de Sousa Manoel e Meneses Severim de Noronha , 7th Count of Vila Flor, 1st Marquis of Vila Flor and 1st Duke of Terceira, was a Portuguese military officer, statesman and a leader of the Constitutionalist side in the Liberal Wars, as well as a Prime Minister of Portugal.He was born... (4th) Duke of Loulé
Successor:	(1st) José Jorge Loureiro José Jorge Loureiro José Jorge Loureiro was a Portuguese soldier and politician at the time of the monarchy. He served as finance minister and from 18 November 1835 to 20 April 1836 he was Prime Minister of Portugal.... (2nd) Count of Tomar (3rd) Duke of Loulé (4th) Marquis of Sá da Bandeira Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Baron, 1st Viscount and 1st Marquess de Sá da Bandeira was the Prime Minister of Portugal from November 5, 1836 - June 2, 1837...
Date of Birth	November 17, 1790
Place of Birth:	Azinhaga Azinhaga Azinhaga is a small village near Golegã, located in Ribatejo, Portugal. It is the birthplace of the late Nobel-laureate writer José Saramago.-External links:*... , Golegã
Date of Death	November 21, 1876
Place of Death:	UK]]
Wife:	(1st) Maria Teresa Margarida Horan FitzGerald (2nd) Carlota Isabel Maria Smith
Occupation:	Military officer (Marshal Marshal Marshal , is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. The word is an ancient loan word from Old French, cf... )
Political Party:	Chartist, later Regenerator Party

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João Carlos Gregório Domingos Vicente Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, (1790–1876), 1st Count (1833), 1st Marquis (1834) and 1st Duke of Saldanha (1846); saɫˈdɐɲɐ, was a Portuguese

Portugal

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marshal

Marshal

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and statesman, a grandson of Pombal, born at Azinhaga

Azinhaga

Azinhaga is a small village near Golegã, located in Ribatejo, Portugal. It is the birthplace of the late Nobel-laureate writer José Saramago.-External links:*...

. He studied at Coimbra, served against the French

First French Empire

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, and was made a prisoner in 1810. On his release he went to Brazil

Brazil

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, where he was employed in the military and diplomatic services. He returned to Portugal after the declaration of the independence of Brazil

Brazilian Declaration of Independence

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.

The Duke of Saldanha

Duke of Saldanha

Duke of Saldanha is a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, dated from November 4, 1846, to João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun , also known as Marshal Saldanha, leader of the liberal armies, during the Liberal Wars in Portugal.Queen Maria II of Portugal has...

, as he is commonly known, was one of the top dominating personalities in war and politics of Portugal, from the revolution of 1820 to his death in 1876. During that period he led no less than seven coups d'état

Coup d'état

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. He played an important part in the struggle between brothers Pedro IV of Portugal

Peter I of Brazil

Dom Pedro I of Brazil , nicknamed "the Liberator" and "the Soldier-King", was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil and also King of Portugal as Pedro IV, having reigned for eight years in Brazil and two months in Portugal.-Birth:Pedro was born on 12 October 1798, around...

(I of Brazil) and Miguel of Portugal

Miguel of Portugal

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during the Liberal Wars

Liberal Wars

The Liberal Wars, also known as the Portuguese Civil War, the War of the Two Brothers, or Miguelite War, was a war between progressive constitutionalists and authoritarian absolutists in Portugal over royal succession that lasted from 1828 to 1834...

. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1825 and was governor of Oporto in 1826–27.

He was made a Duke of Saldanha

Duke of Saldanha

in 1846, and was Prime Minister for three times between 1846 and 1870. He was sent in 1871 to London as Ambassador, where he died.

External links

Genealocical information on the 1st Duke of Saldanha

Book

Antonio da Costa, Historia do Marechal Saldanha (Lisbon, 1879)

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