Count of Melo

Count of Melo was a Portuguese nobility title created and granted by Queen Maria II of Portugal on 24th January 1835 to Luís Francisco Estêvão Soares de Melo da Silva Breyner, also the 19th Lord of Melo.[1]

Title holders
  1. Luís Francisco Estêvão Soares de Melo da Silva Breyner (1801-1865), also 19th Lord of Melo;
  2. Teresa Francisca de Melo Breyner Sousa Tavares e Moura (1848-1926), also 20th Lady of Melo;
  3. Maria Teresa de Sousa Botelho e Melo (1871-1947), also 4th Countess of Vila Real (1923);
  4. Francisco de Sousa Botelho de Albuquerque (1909-1973), also 5th Count of Vila Real (1947) and 3rd Count of Mangualde (1932);
  5. Fernando de Sousa Botelho de Albuquerque (1941-2022), also 6th Count of Vila Real and 4th Count of Mangualde.

References
  1. Martins Zúquete, Afonso Eduardo (1989). Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil (in Portuguese). Vol. II (2nd ed.). Lisbon: Editorial Enciclopédia. pp. 731–732.
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