Count of Feira
Count of Feira (in Portuguese Conde da Feira) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, in 1481, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to D. Rui Pereira, the son of Fernão Pereira, Lord of Santa Maria da Feira.
When the 8th Count died without legitimous issue, the Crown granted all those estates to the Casa do Infantado which, in those times belonged to Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja.
Later, on 18 May 1820, king John VI of Portugal granted the County of Feira (second creation) to D. Miguel Pereira Forjaz Coutinho Barreto de Sá e Resende (who descended from the original counts of Feira).
Contents
List of the Counts of Feira
First creation (1481)
- D. Rui Pereira (1430-1486)
- D. Diogo Pereira (c. 1460- ?), his son;
- D. Manuel Pereira (c.1485- ?), his son;
- D. Diogo Pereira (c.1520-1579), his son;
- D. João Pereira Forjaz (c.1575-1608), his grandson);
- D. Joana Forjaz Pereira (c.1600- ?), her daughter, married to Manuel Pimentel (son of Juan Alonso Pimentel, 5th Duke of Benavente, in Spain);
- D. João Forjaz Pereira Pimentel (c.1620- ?), his son;
- D. Fernando Forjaz Pereira Pimentel de Menezes e Silva (c.1625-1700), his brother, had illegitimate issue.
Second creation (1820)
- Miguel Pereira Forjaz Coutinho Barreto de Sá Resende de Magalhães (1769-1827) - Statesman, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and of War.
Today, this title is claimed by José Pedro da Silveira Cyrne de Vasconcelos (born 1953), and Andrés Pereira head of the line from Ferrol of the Pereira family.
External links
- Genealogy of the Counts of Feira (first creation), in Portuguese
- Genealogy of the Counts of Feira (second creation), in Portuguese
Bibliography
"Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 522/528. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
