Viscount of Banho
Viscount of Banho (Portuguese: Visconde de Banho) is an hereditary title created by Queen Maria II of Portugal, by decree on 21 July 1835, in favour of , at the same time that his brother was made 1st Baron and 1st Viscount of Torre de Moncorvo, of Tomás Inácio de Morais Sarmento.
List of viscounts[]
- , member of the Chamber of Lords, Minister of Portugal in Madrid, Knight of the Royal Household, Knight Great Cross of the . He married D. Maria dos Prazeres Girão de Souza e Mello, Dame of the Order of Maria Luiza (of Spain), descendant of the Souza e Mello Girão, Lords of the Manor of Corujeira, on 10 May 1816 in Vouzela, Portugal;
- , who remained un-married and without issue;
- , nephew of the first viscount, he was member of parliament, Governor of Coimbra, Minister of Justice and great defender of the dynastic principles;
- , obtained the right to use the title by Manuel II of Portugal in 1929, when in exile
References[]
- Nobreza de Portugal (in Portuguese), vol. III, Lisbon, Portugal, 1960
- Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal (in Portuguese), vol. III, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006
- Souza Girão e Valle na descendência de D. Pedro e D. Inês de Castro (in Portuguese) (II ed.), Lisbon, Portugal, 2007
Categories:
- Viscounts of Portugal
- 1835 establishments in Portugal