Marquess of Loulé

Loulé

Loulé is a city and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 764.2 km² and a total population of 62,295 inhabitants. The city proper has a population of 12,103.The municipality is composed of 11 parishes, and is located in the District of Faro....

(in Portuguese Marquês de Loulé) is a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria I of Portugal

Maria I of Portugal

Maria I was Queen regnant of Portugal and the Algarves from 1777 until her death. Known as Maria the Pious , or Maria the Mad , she was the first undisputed Queen regnant of Portugal...

, dated from July 6, 1799, to Dom Agostinho Domingos José de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1780-1824), who already was 8th Count of Vale de Reis

Count of Vale de Reis

Count of Vale de Reis is a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree of King Philip III of Portugal , dated from August 16, 1628, to Nuno de Mendonça ....

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This title was later inherited by his son, Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto

Nuno José de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé

Dom Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 9th Count of Vale de Reis, 2nd Marquess of Loulé and 1st Duke of Loulé , was an important Portuguese politician during the period of Constitutional Monarchy...

, who married Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria, King John VI

John VI of Portugal

John VI John VI John VI (full name: João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael; (13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826) was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (later changed to just King of Portugal and the Algarves, after Brazil was recognized...

 younger daughter.

Family Name

The family name

Family name

A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...

 associated with the House of Loulé is de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto.

List of the Marquesses of Loulé

1. Agostinho Domingos José de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1780-1824), 8th Count of Vale de Reis
   Count of Vale de Reis
   Count of Vale de Reis is a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree of King Philip III of Portugal , dated from August 16, 1628, to Nuno de Mendonça ....
   
   ;
2. Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto
   Nuno José de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé
   Dom Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 9th Count of Vale de Reis, 2nd Marquess of Loulé and 1st Duke of Loulé , was an important Portuguese politician during the period of Constitutional Monarchy...
   
    (1804 - 1875), 9th Count of Vale de Reis
   Count of Vale de Reis
   Count of Vale de Reis is a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree of King Philip III of Portugal , dated from August 16, 1628, to Nuno de Mendonça ....
   
   , who became 1st Duke of Loulé
   Duke of Loulé
   Duke of Loulé is a Portuguese title that was originally granted to the family of Moura Barreto.The dukedom was created by a royal decree of King Luis I of Portugal, dated from October 3, 1862, to his grand-uncle Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 2nd Marquis of Loulé and 9th Count...
   
    in 1862.

(for the list of holders after this date see Duke of Loulé

Duke of Loulé

Duke of Loulé is a Portuguese title that was originally granted to the family of Moura Barreto.The dukedom was created by a royal decree of King Luis I of Portugal, dated from October 3, 1862, to his grand-uncle Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 2nd Marquis of Loulé and 9th Count...

)

Other Titles

The family also holds the title of Count of Vale de Reis

Count of Vale de Reis

Count of Vale de Reis is a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree of King Philip III of Portugal , dated from August 16, 1628, to Nuno de Mendonça ....

, granted by decree of King Philip III of Portugal (also known as Philip IV of Spain

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...

) dated from August 16, 1628.

See also

• List of Marquesses in Portugal
• List of Portuguese Dukedoms
• List of Prime Ministers of Portugal

External links

• Genealogy of the Marquesses of Loulé, in Portuguese