Portuguese title of nobility from the 18th century
Coat-of-arms of the Count of Almada and AbrantesFamily coat-of-arms
The Count of Almada is a noble title created by Queen Maria I of Portugal, by royal proclamation on 29 April 1793 (confirmed by letter on 4 May 1793),[1] in favour of D. Lourenço José Boaventura de Almada and his descendants, representatives of the Count of Avranches.
By attributing this title the option to provide an ancillary surname to the Almada family, but the monarch wanted to provide honours to this family for their illustrious service.[2]
^Silveira Pinto, Albano da (1883), "Resenha das famílias titulares Grandes de Portugal", in D. Affonso V (ed.), Registry in the Archive of the Torre do Tombo, Lisbon, Portugal: Empreza Editora de Francisco Arthur da Silva
^"Nobreza", Infopédia, Porto, Portugal: Porto Editora, 2013, retrieved 5 August 2013
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