Antão de Almada, 7th Count of Avranches explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Lordship
Antão de Almada
Native Name Lang:PT
Office:Portuguese Ambassador to England
Term Start:1641
Term End:1642
Alongside:Francisco de Andrade Leitão
Birth Date:c. 1573
Death Place:Elvas, Portalegre, Portugal
Spouse:D. Isabel da Silva

D. Antão Vaz de Almada (c. 1573  - 17 December 1644) is a Portuguese national hero due to his involvement in the Restoration of Independence in 1640, as one of the Forty Conspirators. During the coup d'état, he was responsible for the arrest of the Duchess of Mantua, then the Vicereine of Portugal.[1]

In 1641–42, he was sent as ambassador to England to secure the recognition of Portugal's independence abroad.[2]

Antão de Almada was the 7th holder of the title of Count of Avranches by virtue of inheritance under the salic law, even though he did not make use of it.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antropónimos: ALMADA, D. Antão Vaz de (1573-1644) - FCSH . 2018-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128050225/http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/cham/eve/content.php?printconceito=657 . 2016-11-28 . dead .
  2. «Genealogias das Famílias de Portugal», por Afonso Torres e continuada por Luís Vieira da Silva, capitulo dos Almadas, ano de 1694