Marquis of Valença
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Marquis of Valença
Valença, Portugal
Valença is a city in Valença Municipality, Portugal. It is a half-castle and half-land city. Bordering Galicia, Valença is also a famous Portuguese landmark to view an ancient castle town. These two parts of this city are not separated from each other and is also near to Viana Do Castelo....
(in Portuguese Marquês de Valença) was a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree of King Afonso V of Portugal
Afonso V of Portugal
Afonso V KG , called the African , was the twelfth King of Portugal and the Algarves. His sobriquet refers to his conquests in Northern Africa.-Early life:...
, dated from October 11, 1451, to Dom Afonso of Braganza
Afonso, Marquis of Valença
Alphonse of Braganza was the older son of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira Alvim ....
(1400–1460), who already was 4th Count of Ourém
Count of Ourém
Count of Ourém is a Portuguese title granted, in 1370 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom João Afonso Telo de Meneses, uncle of Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes...
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This title was only renovated later in the 17th Century: when the 7th Count of Vimioso
Count of Vimioso
Count of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...
(belonging to the 1st Marquis’ lineage) died, King Pedro II of Portugal, through a special decree, issued on December 13, 1681, legitimated the count’s natural and only son, Francisco de Paula de Portugal e Castro (Francis III), as 8th Count, and also granted him the title of 2nd Marquis of Valença.
List of the Marquesses of Valença
- Afonso of BraganzaAfonso, Marquis of ValençaAlphonse of Braganza was the older son of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira Alvim ....
(c.1400-1461), 4th Count of OurémCount of OurémCount of Ourém is a Portuguese title granted, in 1370 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom João Afonso Telo de Meneses, uncle of Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes...
; - Francisco de Paula de Portugal e Castro (1679–1749), 8th Count of VimiosoCount of VimiosoCount of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...
; - José Miguel João de Portugal e Castro (1706–1775), 9th Count of VimiosoCount of VimiosoCount of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...
; - Afonso Miguel de Portugal e Castro (1748–1802), 11th Count of VimiosoCount of VimiosoCount of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...
; - José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro (1780-1840]]), 12th Count of VimiosoCount of VimiosoCount of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...
; - Fernando José Luis Burnay de Sousa Coutinho, (1883–1945)
- António Luis de Sousa Coutinho (1905–2007), 4th Marquis of Borba, 15th Count of VimiosoCount of VimiosoCount of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...
, 18th Count of Redondo.
See also
- Count of VimiosoCount of VimiosoCount of Vimioso is a Portuguese title of nobility which have their origins in Alphonse, Bishop of Évora, the natural son of Alphonse, 4th Count of Ourém and 1st Marquis of Valença...
- List of Marquesses in Portugal
- List of Countships in Portugal