Francisco de Távora | |
Office: | Governor of Portuguese Angola |
Term Start: | 1669 |
Term End: | 1676 |
Predecessor: | Governative Junta |
Successor: | Pires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses |
Office1: | Governor and Viceroy of Portuguese India |
Term Start1: | 1681 |
Term End1: | 1686 |
Monarch1: | Afonso VI of Portugal Pedro II of Portugal |
Predecessor1: | António Brandão |
Successor1: | Rodrigo da Costa |
Birth Date: | 1646 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
Death Place: | Moura, Kingdom of Portugal |
Nationality: | Portuguese |
Spouse: | Inês Catarina de Távora Isabel da Silva |
Children: | Maria Inácia de Távora Bernardo António Filipe Neri de Távora António Luis de Távora |
Allegiance: | Kingdom of Portugal |
Battles: | Portuguese Restoration War Maratha–Portuguese War (1683–1684) War of the Spanish Succession |
D. Francisco de Távora, 1st Count of Alvor (1646 – 31 May 1710) was a Portuguese nobleman, military officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator of the second half of the 17th century and early 18th century. He served the Kingdom of Portugal during the reigns of Kings Afonso VI, Peter II, and John V. He was the third son of the 2nd Count of São João da Pesqueira, António Luís de Távora and his wife Arcângela Maria de Portugal, daughter of the 4th Count of Linhares.
Born to António Luís de Távora, second Count of São João da Pesqueira and D. Arcângela Maria de Portugal, he married Inês Catarina de Távora and had three children:
His second marriage was with D. Isabel da Silva.