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Count of Linhares (in Portuguese Conde de Linhares) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree of king John III of Portugal dated from...

and Marquesses of Vila Real, Dukes of Caminha († 1668) Noronha, Counts of Linhares († 1647) Castro, Counts of Monsanto and Marquesses of Cascais († 1745)...

total of five royal and seven non-royal dukes in Portugal, out of 28 dukedoms that have ever been created. In the majority of cases, the title of duke...

3rd Count of Linhares, of the Marquesses (formerly Counts) of o Funchal and Marquesses (formerly Viscounts with Grandeess) of Maceió in Brazil, and of the...

(that of Count of Penela and that of Count of Linhares). Folio 66 presents only four arms, so the total of Portuguese family arms in this chapter of the...

(1827–1893), later Countess of Linhares D. Maria do Carmo de Mendóça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1829–1907), later Countess of Belmonte D. Pedro José de Mendóça...

married to the 3rd Count of Linhares – with issue; Maria do Carmo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1829–1907), married to the 3rd Count of Belmonte – with...

Church of São Miguel and the Palace of the Dukes of Braganza. Further elaboration of a plan for the area was completed within the 1957 landscaping of the...

The Linhares Administration was a transitional government, that established the rules and procedures for the termination of the Estado Novo regime and the...

time in Portugal, there were only twelve other counts, one count-bishop, two marquises and two dukes (Subrahmaynam, 1997, p. 281). Subrahmanyam, 1997...

castle of Almourol is one of the more emblematic medieval military monuments of the Reconquista, and one of the best representations of the influence of the...

e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha (17 November 1790 – 20 November 1876; Portuguese pronunciation: [salˈdɐɲɐ]) was a Portuguese marshal and statesman. Saldanha...

the history of Lisbon, having served as the location of fortifications occupied successively by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, and Moors, before...

Cabinet), and from March to October 1846 (during the height of the Revolution of Maria da Fonte). Dom Pedro was successively made Count of Palmela (by...

of Linhares; António de Araújo e Azevedo, 1st Count of Barca; and Tomás Antônio de Vila Nova Portugal. They may be considered the mentors of many of John's...

Palace of D. Manuel (São Pedro, Évora) Palace of Ficalho (Santa Maria, Serpa Palace of the Counts of Basto (Sé e São Pedro, Évora) Palace of the Dukes of Vila...

and founding the village of Vitória da Conquista, in the state of Bahia; Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho, 1st Count of Linhares (1755–1812) a nobleman and politician...

São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lisbon. Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, it was an important...

to the Allies. Getúlio Vargas is deposed as president in Brazil; José Linhares is named temporary president. Osijek prison massacre by Yugoslav secret...

municipality of Vila Viçosa, in the Portuguese Alentejo. It was the seat of House of Braganza, prior to the construction of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa...