Henrique de Meneses, 3rd Marquis of Louriçal

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Henrique de Meneses
Marquis of Louriçal
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Born 5 January 1727
Died 29 May 1787
Father Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Meneses, 1st Marquis of Louriçal
Religion Roman Catholicism

Henrique de Meneses, 3rd Marquis of Louriçal, 7th Count of Ericeira (5 January 1727 - 29 May 1787), was a Portuguese nobleman and statesman.

Career

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Turin and Rome. He was ambassador to Madrid, in 1785, where he was in charge of negotiating treaties marriage between Infante João of Portrugal to Carlota Joaquina of Spain and Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal and Infante Gabriel of Spain.

He succeeded his brother in the house, D. Rafael Francisco Xavier de Menezes.

Family

He married his niece, the daughter of a sister, D. Maria da Glória da Cunha e Menezes.

He had two illegitimate sons by D. Maria Antonia Pinto de Sousa Albuquerque Nussane.[citation needed]