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created by a royal decree, dated from December 10, 1654, by King
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'' António de Noronha, 12th Lord of Vila Verde. António de Noronha descended from Pedro de Noronha, Archbishop of
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(through his father Alfonso, Count of Noroña y Gigon). In the 18th century this family received new honours: a royal decree of King
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, issued on January 21, 1714, created the title of
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(in Portuguese ''Marquês de Angeja'') and granted it to Dom Pedro António de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Verde.


List of counts of Vila Verde (1654) and Marquesses of Angeja (1714)

* António de Noronha (c.1610- ? ), 1st Count of Vila Verde; * Pedro António de Noronha (1661–1731), 2nd Count of Vila Verde and 1st Marquis of Angeja; * António de Noronha (1680–1735), 3rd Count of Vila Verde and 2nd Marquis of Angeja; * Pedro José de Noronha Camões (1716–1788), 4th Count of Vila Verde and 3rd Marquis of Angeja; * António José Xavier de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1736–1755), 5th Count of Vila Verde; * José Xavier de Noronha Camões Albuquerque Sousa Moniz (1741–1811), 6th Count of Vila Verde and 4th Marquis of Angeja; * Pedro José de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1771–1804), 7th Count of Vila Verde and 5th Marquis of Angeja; * Diogo José António de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque Sousa Moniz (1747–1806), 8th Count of Vila Verde; * João de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque e Sousa Moniz (1788–1827), 9th Count of Vila Verde and 6th Marquis of Angeja; * Maria do Carmo de Noronha Camões e Albuquerque Moniz de Sousa (1813–1833), 10th Countess of Vila Verde and 7th Marchioness of Angeja; *Caetano Gaspar de Almeida Noronha Albuquerque e Sousa (1820–1881), 3rd Count of Peniche and 8th Marquis of Angeja; *Manuel Gaspar de Almeida Noronha Portugal Camões Albuquerque Moniz (1845–1901), 9th Marquis of Angeja; *Pedro de Almeida e Noronha Portugal Camões Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1865–1908), 11th Count of Vila Verde; *António de Almeida e Noronha Portugal Camões Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1856–1906), 12th Count of Vila Verde. After the end of the monarchy in 1910, the title of Marquis of Angeja was inherited by the descendants of the Noronha family (Távora de Noronha branch).


Family name

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associated with these titles was ''Noronha'' – their ancestor Alfonso Enriquez (a natural son of King
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), was Count of Noroña, in Castile. Due to different heritages and marriages some other family names were added (such as, Camões, Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa, Azevedo Coutinho, Távora) but the original ''Noronha'' was always kept.


Genealogical summary

António de Noronha, 1st Count of Vila Verde, was a 6th grandson of Pedro de Noronha, Archbishop of Lisbon, who lived in the late 14th/earlier 15th centuries. The Archbishop had royal ancestry both through his mother (
Isabel of Portugal Isabella of Portugal (; 24 October 1503 – 1 May 1539) was the empress consort of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy. She was Queen of Spain and Germany, and Lady of the Netherlands from 10 ...
, a natural daughter of King
Ferdinand I of Portugal Ferdinand I (; 31 October 1345 – 22 October 1383), sometimes called the Handsome () or occasionally the Inconstant (), was the King of Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. He was also briefly made King of Galicia, in 1369 (a claim whi ...
) and through his father (Alfonso, Count of Noroña y Gigón, a natural son of King
Henry II of Castile Henry II (13 January 1334 – 29 May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (''el Fratricida''), was the first List of Castilian monarchs, King of Castile and List of Leonese monarchs, León from the House of Trastámara. He became ...
).


See also

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List of marquisates in Portugal This is a list of marquisates in Portugal. A # Marquess of Abrantes # Marquis of Aguiar # Marquis of Alegrete # Marquis of Alenquer # Marquis of Alorna # Marquis of Alvito # Marquis of Angeja # Marquis of Angra # Marquis of Arronches ...
*
List of countships in Portugal This is a list of countships in Portugal (; singular ''Condado''; the title is ''Conde'', for Count, and ''Condessa'', for Countess): A * Count of Abrantes * Count of Agarez * Count of Agrolongo * Count of Águeda * Count of Aguiar * Count of ...
* Count of Peniche


External links


Genealogy of the Counts of Vila Verde, in PortugueseGenealogy of the Marquesses of Angeja, in Portuguese


Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 281/284; Vol III, pages 533-538. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquis Of Angeja
Vila Verde Vila Verde () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 46,446,
Angeja Angeja is a civil parish in the municipality of Albergaria-a-Velha, in the Portuguese Centro region. In 2011, there were 2073 inhabitants in an area of . History The presence of Greeks and Phoenicians presuppose the Roman occupation in the terri ...
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