The Duke of Palmela (in Portuguese Duque de Palmela) is a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, dated from October 18, 1850, to Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein (1781–1850), a Portuguese politician during the first half of the 19th century. He was President of the Council of Ministers (Head of the Portuguese Government) and a remarkable Ambassador in London and to the Congress of Vienna.
The original title was Count of Palmela, granted by Queen Maria I, on April 11, 1812) which was successively upgraded to Marquis of Palmela (by King John VI on July 3, 1823) and to Duke of Faial (by Queen Maria II on April 4, 1836). The same Queen replaced the title of Duke of Faial by the new one of Duke of Palmela (October 18, 1850).
The DukeofPalmela (in Portuguese Duque de Palmela) is a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, dated from October 18...
secretary). The first modern prime minister of Portugal was Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st DukeofPalmela, who was sworn in on 24 September 1834, as Presidente...
1st Marquis of Faial, 1st Marquis ofPalmela, 1st Count ofPalmela and 1st Count of Calhariz. The first duke was President of the Council of Ministers and...
heir of the DukeofPalmela is always referred to as the Marquis of Faial. When the Queen granted to Dom Pedro de Sousa Holstein the title ofDukeof Faial...
he refused to take the oath of office. List of prime ministers of Portugal List of presidents of Portugal Prime Minister of Portugal Governo de Portugal...
remainder of the country and provoked the replacement of the government of Costa Cabral by one presided over by Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st DukeofPalmela. When...
royal household, and clearly influenced by the base tendencies of others. The DukeofPalmela described him as: "A good man when among good men, and when...
ship Windsor Castle, with the aid of the Portuguese diplomatic corp, while grandes of the kingdom like the DukeofPalmela were arrested in Belém, being then...
the Duke and Duchess ofPalmela in 1874. It is considered to be a major example of the so-called summer architecture of the Cascais area. The Palmela Palace...
known as Alcipe Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st DukeofPalmela, first Prime Minister of Portugal The ranks of the titled nobility, although similar to those...
The prime minister of the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: primeiro-ministro da República Portuguesa) is the head of the Government of Portugal. The officeholder...
This is a list of Baroque palaces and residences built in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque era...
Staff. He dispatched Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st DukeofPalmela, to London, with the mission of obtaining financial support to the cause and contracting...
sister of Samuel Rogers Sir Samuel Romilly Elzéar de Sabran (1774-1846) Aleksander Antoni Sapieha Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st DukeofPalmela Spalding...
the art market. On the initiative of Francisco de Sousa Holstein (son of the 1st DukeofPalmela, a vice-inspector of the Academia Real, in 1868, the Galeria's...
Jorge and the Tower of Belém. Among them stood out the figures of the Quartermaster-General of Police, Baron Rendufe, the DukeofPalmela (then in government...
joint-stock company of friends and investors, including the DukeofPalmela. The location of the Trindade area of the Chiado was chosen because of historical associations...
to the relevance of the party in the Portuguese polity during her reign. By 1851, the Chartists - through the leadership of the Dukeof Saldanha - successfully...
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