Viscount of Vilarinho de São Romão

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Viscount of Vilarinho de São Romão (Portuguese: Visconde de Vilarinaho de São Romão) is a title created by Queen Maria II of Portugal, by decree dated 17 September 1835, in favour of (Sabrosa, Vilarinho de São Romão, 5 November 1785 - Lisbon, 17 March 1863], Member of the House of Lords, without descendants.

The Girão family is directly descended from Manuel Girão, son of a Spanish noble, António Girão (or Giron), belonging to the House of the Dukes of Osuna, who, in the early 16th century lived in and who was also the father of Amador Girão (his eldest son), married D. Maria Freire de Andrade from the House of Corujeira, Vouzela (Portugal) from whom the Girão branch of Beira Alta (Portugal) follows.

List of viscounts[]

  1. ;
  2. , nephew of the first viscount, son of and his wife D. (sister of the first Viscount). The second viscount was Lord of Avioso, Vilarinho de São Romão and Carregal in Portugal;
  3. , civil engineer who only daughter D. , married , 4th in Porto (14 January 1905).
  4. ;
  5. , born in Porto on (8 May 1951).

References[]

  • Armorial Lusitano (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal, 1961
  • Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal, 1985
  • Nobreza de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal, 1961
  • Souza Girão e Valle na descendência de D.Pedro e D. Inês de Castro (in Portuguese) (II ed.), Lisbon, Portugal, 2007
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