António Sebastião Spínola

António Sebastião Spínola (Machico, Porto da Cruz, 13 July 1875^[1] – Machico, Porto da Cruz, 19 March 1956) was an Inspector General of Finances and Chief of Cabinet of the Finance Minister Professor Oliveira Salazar and afterwards of Finance Minister Professor , Councilor and Administrator of the Fundação da Casa de Bragança, etc.

He was the oldest child and son of António Sebastião Spínola (Machico, Porto da Cruz, 2 March 1845^[2] - ?), a natural son recognised on 7 January 1853, landowner in the Island of Madeira, and wife (m. Machico, Porto da Cruz, 18 May 1874) Maria José da Silva (Machico, Porto da Cruz, 18 October 1854^[3] - ?), also a natural daughter.

He married firstly in Funchal, São Pedro, on 6 September 1902 to Maria Gabriela Alves Ribeiro (Funchal, São Pedro, 14 June 1884^[4] - ?), daughter of Francisco Antonio Rivera y Amigo (Galicia, Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Santiago de Covelo, 1855 - ?), a Galician merchant in Funchal where he lived, and wife (m. Funchal, Sé, 20 November 1880) Virgínia Alves (Funchal, Sé, 1860 - ?), also a natural daughter, by whom he had four children:

• Maria Emília Ribeiro Spínola (1905 - Estremoz, Santo André, August 1906 at age 16 months)
• António Sebastião Ribeiro Spínola (1910–1996), Portuguese President of the Republic
• Francisco Ribeiro Spínola (Almada, 16 August 1912 – Lisbon, 1994), married to Corina Flores Cabeça (Beja, 2 December 1916 –), from a branch of the Cabeza de Vaca family of Extremadura that went to Alentejo in the 19th century, and had issue
• Gabriela Ribeiro Spínola, who died a child

He married secondly Alice de Lemos de Araújo, without issue.

References[]

Sources[]

• Fotobiografias do Século XX, Photobiography of António de Spínola, Círculo de Leitores.

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