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Dr. Diogo Inácio de Pina Manique (3 October 1733 – 1 July 1805) was a Portuguese magistrate.
He finished his
Early life
He was the son and heir of Pedro Damião de Pina Manique (Baptised
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Lisbon
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, Sé, 12 October 1704 - Lisbon
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, Santa Engrácia, 13 December 1756), who succeeded his father in the ground-rent of Knight
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-Fidalgo
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of the Royal Household (''Alvará'' of 20 February 1715), 2nd Lord
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of the Office of Clerk of the County of the Masterdom of the Order of Christ, and 3rd Lord
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of the Majorat
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of São Joaquim, in the Village of Coina, who was also a Professed Knight
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of the Order of Christ, etc., great-great-grandson of a German
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, and wife (m. Oeiras, Porto Salvo, 25 July 1731) Helena Inácia de Faria (Baptized
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Lisbon
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, Santa Catarina, 17 February 1715 - Lisbon
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, Santa Engrácia, 27 March 1785).
Career
He finished his Law
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course as a Bachelor
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Etymo ...
from the University of Coimbra
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, becoming a Magistrate
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, and was assigned several important public tasks, including Criminal Law Judge for some of Lisbon's suburbs, ''Desembargador dos Agravos'' of the Palace and of the Appeal of Porto
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, Deputy of the Table of the Conscience and Orders, Counter of the Treasury, Administrator-General of the Great Customs
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of Lisbon
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and Overman-Major of the other Customs of the Realm, Superintendent-General of the Contrabands and Misleadings and Intendent of the Munitions, before being appointed as Police Superintendent or Intendent-General of the Police of the Court and Realm, Chancellor
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-Major of the Real and a Member of the Privy Council of His Most Faithful Majesty.
He was also the Founder and Administrator of the Royal Casa Pia
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of the Castle of São Jorge, where it started its mission, in 1781, Founder of the National Ropery and of the Royal Theatre of St. Charles.
He was the 3rd Lord
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of the Office of Clerk of the County of the Masterdom of the Order of Christ and 1st Lord
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of the Office of Clerk of the Biddery and Tomb of the Commands of the three Military Orders ( Order of Christ, Order of Saint James of the Sword
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and Order of Aviz
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), Patron of the Mother-Church of St. Peter of the Village of Manique, of the collegiates of that church and the one of the Holy Spirit of Castelo de Vide, Commander
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of Santa Maria da Orada in the Order of Christ, 4th Lord
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of the Majorat
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of São Joaquim, in the Village of Coina, 1st Donatary Lord
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of the Manor and the Village of Manique, with nature of Majorat
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, which for his sake became called Manique do Intendente, 1st Alcaide-Major of Portalegre in his Family, Knight
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-Fidalgo
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added to Fidalgo
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-Knight
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of the Royal Household (''Alvará'' of 5 November 1782), etc.
Although he was a man of confidence for the Marquis de Pombal, he was only appointed as Superintendent after the Marquis's death.
Personal life
He married inLisbon
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, São Cristóvão, on 8 December 1773 Inácia Margarida Umbelina de Brito Nogueira de Matos (Baptized
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Lisbon
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, Santa Justa, 31 July 1749 - Lisbon
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, Pena, 10 October 1808), Lady
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of a great House as the heir natural and legitimized (Royal Letter of 11 December 1769) daughter of Nicolau de Matos Nogueira de Andrade, Fidalgo
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-Chaplain
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of the Royal Household, Monsignor
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of the Patriarchate of Lisbon
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, Governor of the Archbishopric of Évora, Member of the Privy Council of His Majesty King
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Joseph I of Portugal
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, in which reign he died, condemned by the Court of the Inconfidency and deported to Angola
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, by order of the Marquis of Pombal, by Ana Joaquina de Santa Teresa de São Paio, and had four children.
References
* http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=62640 * ''Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal'', III, Tomo IV, 2006, p. 787 and 788 {{DEFAULTSORT:Manique, Pina 1733 births 1805 deaths University of Coimbra alumni People from Lisbon Portuguese people of German descent 18th-century Portuguese people