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]
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.