Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira explained

Honorific Prefix:His Excellency
The Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
Office1:President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Portugal
Monarch1:Luís I of Portugal
Predecessor1:João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun
Successor1:António José de Ávila
Term Start1:29 August 1870
Term End1:29 October 1870
Monarch2:Luís I of Portugal
Predecessor2:António José de Ávila
Successor2:Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto
Term Start2:22 July 1868
Term End2:11 August 1869
Monarch3:Luís I of Portugal
Predecessor3:Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto
Successor3:Joaquim António de Aguiar
Term Start3:17 April 1865
Term End3:4 September 1865
Monarch4:Maria II of Portugal
Predecessor4:António Dias de Oliveira
Successor4:Rodrigo Pinto Pizarro
Term Start4:10 August 1837
Term End4:18 April 1839
Monarch5:Maria II of Portugal
Predecessor5:José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro
Successor5:António Dias de Oliveira
Term Start5:5 November 1836
Term End5:2 June 1837
Birth Date:26 September 1795
Birth Place:Santarém, Kingdom of Portugal
Death Date:6 January 1876 (aged 80)
Death Place:Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Signature:Assinatura Sá da Bandeira.svg

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquess de Sá da Bandeira (26 September 1795 – 6 January 1876) was a Portuguese nobleman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for five times. He was the most prominent Portuguese defender of the abolition of slavery in Portugal and its domains.[1]

Life

Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo was born in Santarém in 1795 to Faustino José Lopes Nogueira de Figueiredo e Silva (1767–1830) and Francisca Xavier de Sá Mendonça Cabral da Cunha Godinho (1772–1829).[2] Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo supported the liberal party during the Liberal Wars (1828–1834), and took part in the landing at Mindelo in July 1832.[2] He fought in the Siege of Porto and was wounded in his right arm, which had to be amputated.

Sá da Bandeira was Minister of the Navy in the government of José Jorge Loureiro (1835–36).[1] He was Prime Minister of Portugal for five terms:

He never married but he had a legitimised daughter born out of wedlock, named Luísa Aglaé Fanny de Sá Nogueira, who married her cousin Faustino de Paiva de Sá Nogueira.[2] The city of Lubango, Angola, was called Sá de Bandeira when the Angolan territory was under Portuguese rule.

On 4 April 1833, he was created Baron of Sá da Bandeira, on 1 December 1834, he was created and on 3 February 1864, he was created .[2] He was also a freemason.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-jose-jorge-loureiro/ Governo de José Jorge Loureiro (1835–1836)
  2. Web site: Resenha das Familias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal – Tomo II. 460–64. Albano da Silveira Pinto. 1883.
  3. http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-sa-da-bandeira/ Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1836–1837)
  4. http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-sa-da-bandeira-2/ Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1837–1839)
  5. http://www.politipedia.pt/governos-da-monarquia-liberal/ Governos da Monarquia Liberal
  6. http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-sa-da-bandeira-1868-1869/ Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1868–1869)
  7. http://www.politipedia.pt/governo-de-sa-da-bandeira-3/ Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1870)