Marquess of Fontes
Coat of Arms of the Sá family, Marquesses of Fontes.
Marquess of Fontes (in Portuguese Marquês de Fontes) was a Portuguese title of nobility, granted by a decree issued by King Afonso VI of Portugal on 2 January 1659, to D. Francisco de Sá e Menezes, 3rd Count of Penaguião.
On 24 June 1718, the 3rd Marquess of Fontes had his title changed, by King John V of Portugal, to Marquess of Abrantes, once he descended, by female line, from the prestigious Counts of Abrantes, an old line already extinct.
List of the Marquesses of Fontes (1659)[]
- (c.1640-1677), also 4th Count of Penaguião;
- (1674-1688), his son, also 6th Count of Penaguião;
- Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Menezes (1676-1733), his brother, also 7th Count of Penaguião. He became 1st Marquess of Abrantes in 1718.
See also[]
- Marquess of Abrantes
- List of Marquesses in Portugal
External links[]
Bibliography[]
”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, page 614. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
Categories:
- Portuguese nobility
- 1659 establishments in Portugal