Dona

Dom (title)

Dom is a title of respect prefixed to the given name. It derives from Latin Dominus.It is used in English for certain Benedictine and Carthusian monks, and for members of certain communities of Canons Regular. Examples include Benedictine monks of the English Benedictine Congregation...

 Maria Amália de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto (27 April 1832 – 1880) was a daughter of Dona Ana de Jesus Maria de Bragança, Infanta of Portugal and Marchioness of Loulé, and Dom Nuno José de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé

Nuno José de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé

Dom Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 9th Count of Vale de Reis, 2nd Marquess of Loulé and 1st Duke of Loulé , was an important Portuguese politician during the period of Constitutional Monarchy...

. Born in Paris

Paris

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, she was a member of a cadet line of the Portuguese royal family and a sister of Ana Carlota de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto.

Maria Amalia married Dom João Salazar de Mascarenhas, but the marriage ended and she became a nun

Nun

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. They had a son Augusto Salazar e Bragança

Augusto Salazar e Bragança

Augusto Salazar e Bragança was the son of the unusual marriage of D. Maria Amália de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto and D. João Salazar de Mascarenhas. He was a member of a cadet line of the Portuguese royal family. He married Lilliane de Bayle. They had two sons: João Fernando and Ivan.The surname...

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