Duarte de Freitas do Amaral
Duarte Pinto de Carvalho de Freitas do Amaral, GCIH, ComC KCSG; (13 May 1909 – 16 July 1979) was a Portuguese politician.
Background[]
He was the fourth of six children of and wife Ana Mendes Ribeiro de Oliveira, and the brother of .
Career[]
He was a Licentiate in Civil Engineering from the University of Porto.[citation needed]
A landowner, he became the Lord by purchase of the House of an Aveleira, in Pencelo, Guimarães.[citation needed]
He became a Deputy to the National Assembly of Portugal and a Voter of the Superior Councils of the Industry and the Combustibles, Vice President of the Administration Council of Sacor and President of the Administration Councils of Cidla and Petroquímica.[citation needed]
Distinctions[]
Portugal : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry
Portugal: Commander of the Order of Christ
Holy See: Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
Holy See: Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight
Brazil : Grand Officer of the Order of Rio Branco
Brazil : Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross
Portugal: Honorary Citizen of Póvoa de Varzim
Marriage and issue[]
He married at the Chapel of the Patriarchate in Lisbon on 12 December 1936 Maria Filomena de Campos Trocado, born in Póvoa de Varzim on 8 July 1913, sister of his sister in law, daughter of Dr. Josué Francisco Trocado and wife Maria Alves de Campos, and had four children:
- Duarte Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (Guimarães, 29 October 1937 - 6 August 1941)
- Pedro Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (14 October 1938 - House of an Eira, 7 October 1941)
- Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral
- João Pinto de Freitas do Amaral
References[]
- Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III, 2006, Tomo IV, pg. 862 to 873
- Costados, Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 55
- 1909 births
- 1979 deaths
- People from Guimarães
- Legislators in Portugal
- Grand Crosses of the Order of Prince Henry
- Commanders of the Order of Christ (Portugal)
- Knights Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Knights of Malta
- Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
- University of Porto alumni
- Freitas do Amaral family