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He was the [[majorat]] of one of the more prominent families on the island of Terceira, and brother-in-law of [[Francisco Ornelas da Câmara]]. |
He was the [[majorat]] of one of the more prominent families on the island of Terceira, and brother-in-law of [[Francisco Ornelas da Câmara]]. His home was the [[Manor of Mãe de Deus]] in the centre of the historic centre.<ref name="SIPA">{{citation|url=http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=8162 |title=Solar e Capela da Madre de Deus (IPA.00008162/PT071901100032) |publisher=SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico |editor=SIPA |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=Portuguese |first=Paula |last=Noé |year=2012 |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> |
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On 4 March 1642, he assumed the governorship of the [[Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo)|Fortress of São João Baptista]], when Spanish forces capitualted to the forces of his brother-in-law, following a months-long blockade, by local forces loyal to the restored Braganza monarchy. |
On 4 March 1642, he assumed the governorship of the [[Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo)|Fortress of São João Baptista]], when Spanish forces capitualted to the forces of his brother-in-law, following a months-long blockade, by local forces loyal to the restored Braganza monarchy. |
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Revision as of 19:38, 19 August 2015
João de Bettencourt de Vasconcelos (Angra, 3 July 1589 — Angra, 1670) was an aristrocrat, who served as Captain-major of Angra, involved in the acclamation of John of Braganza, as King John IV of Portugal in the islands of the central group of the Azores, and in the expulsion of Spanish forces from the island of Terceira.[1]
Biography
He was the majorat of one of the more prominent families on the island of Terceira, and brother-in-law of Francisco Ornelas da Câmara. His home was the Manor of Mãe de Deus in the centre of the historic centre.[2]
On 4 March 1642, he assumed the governorship of the Fortress of São João Baptista, when Spanish forces capitualted to the forces of his brother-in-law, following a months-long blockade, by local forces loyal to the restored Braganza monarchy.
For his efforts, on 20 May 1624, he received honours of nobility and, by charter, on 12 April 1642, the Commandership of Santa Maria de Tondela. He eventually received the title of Captain-major of Angra do Heroísmo on 27 April 1646 for his faithful service to the Crown.
References
- Notes
- ^ "João de Bettencourt de Vasconcelos", Enciclopédia Açoriana (in Portuguese)
- ^ Noé, Paula (2012), SIPA (ed.), Solar e Capela da Madre de Deus (IPA.00008162/PT071901100032) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 18 August 2015
- Sources
- Araújo, Miguel Cristóvão de (1973), O Castelo de S. Filipe do Monte Brasil (in Portugues), Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Campos, Alfredo Luís (1903), Memória da Visita Régia à Ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal: Imprensa Municipal
- Forjaz, J.; Mendes (2007), Genealogias da ilha Terceira (in Portuguese) (II ed.), Lisbon, Portugal: Dislivro
- Maldonado, M.L. (1990), Fenix Angrence (II ed.), Angra do Heroísmo (Azores), Portugal: Instituto Histórico da Ilha Terceira