Marquis of Alorna
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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
Count of Assumar
Count of Assumar was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 30 March 1630, by King Philip III of Portugal, to D. Francisco de Melo, son of Constantino de Bragança, a junior member of the House of Cadaval....
and 44th viceroy of India.
Originally, in 24 March 1744, the title was granted to him as Marquis of Castelo Novo but, due to his victories in India, it was changed, in 1748, to Marquis of Alorna, a town in Portuguese India
Portuguese India
The Portuguese Viceroyalty of India , later the Portuguese State of India , was the aggregate of Portugal's colonial holdings in India.The government started in 1505, six years after the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de...
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The House of Alorna was later inherited by the Marquesses of Fronteira
Marquis of Fronteira
Count of Torre was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from July 26, 1638, by King Philip II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas, Lord of Rosmaninhal....
, once the last Marchioness of this line, Leonor Benedita Maria de Oyenhausen de Almeida (1776-1850), married João José Luis Mascarenhas Barreto (1778-1806), 6th Marquis of Fronteira
Marquis of Fronteira
Count of Torre was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from July 26, 1638, by King Philip II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas, Lord of Rosmaninhal....
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List of the Marquesses of Alorna
- Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos (1688-1756), also 3rd Count of AssumarCount of AssumarCount of Assumar was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 30 March 1630, by King Philip III of Portugal, to D. Francisco de Melo, son of Constantino de Bragança, a junior member of the House of Cadaval....
and 1st Marquis of Castelo Novo; - João de Almeida Portugal (1726-1802), hius son, 4th Count of AssumarCount of AssumarCount of Assumar was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 30 March 1630, by King Philip III of Portugal, to D. Francisco de Melo, son of Constantino de Bragança, a junior member of the House of Cadaval....
- Pedro José de Almeida Portugal(1754-1813), his son, 5th Count of AssumarCount of AssumarCount of Assumar was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 30 March 1630, by King Philip III of Portugal, to D. Francisco de Melo, son of Constantino de Bragança, a junior member of the House of Cadaval....
- Leonor de Almeida Portugal de Lorena e Lencastre, his sister, known as Alcipe (1750-1839), 8th Countess of AssumarCount of AssumarCount of Assumar was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 30 March 1630, by King Philip III of Portugal, to D. Francisco de Melo, son of Constantino de Bragança, a junior member of the House of Cadaval....
. Married to Karl, Count of Oyenhausen-Gravenburg; - Leonor Benedita Maria de Oyenhausen de Almeida (1776-1850), their daughter, 9th Countess of AssumarCount of AssumarCount of Assumar was a Portuguese title of nobility granted, in 30 March 1630, by King Philip III of Portugal, to D. Francisco de Melo, son of Constantino de Bragança, a junior member of the House of Cadaval....
and Countess of Oyenhausen (in AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
). Married, in 10 November 1799, to João José Luis Mascarenhas Barreto (1778-1806), 6th Marquis of FronteiraMarquis of FronteiraCount of Torre was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from July 26, 1638, by King Philip II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas, Lord of Rosmaninhal....
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For the following Marquesses see Marquis of Fronteira
Marquis of Fronteira
Count of Torre was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from July 26, 1638, by King Philip II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Fernando de Mascarenhas, Lord of Rosmaninhal....