João Maria Ferreira do Amaral II
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João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, OTS
Order of the Tower and Sword
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, CC
Order of Christ (Portugal)
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 (Lisbon
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, São Julião, 14 June 1876 - Lisbon, 11 March/3 November 1931) was a Portuguese
Portuguese people
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 military.

Ancestry

He was a natural son of Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral, GCTS, KCVO was a Portuguese naval commander and politician.-Ancestry:...

 by Augusta Frederica Smith Chaves.

Life

He was a Colonel
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 of Infantry
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 of the Portuguese Army
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, Commander
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 of the Polícia de Segurança Pública
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, Officer of the Order of the Tower and Sword
Order of the Tower and Sword
The Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit is a Portuguese order of knighthood and the pinnacle of the Portuguese honours system. It was created by King Afonso V in 1459....

 with Palm, Commander of the Order of Christ
Order of Christ (Portugal)
The Military Order of Christ previously the Royal Order of the Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ was the heritage of the Knights Templar in Portugal, after the suppression of the Templars in 1312...

 with Palm and Commander of the Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre
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, etc., who fought in World War I
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.

Marriage and issue

He married Maria Emília Carolina Tavares de Almeida Arez (Nova Goa, Goa
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, India
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, 3 May 1872 - 1923), daughter of José Joaquim Fernandes Arez, Engineer
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, and wife Dionísia Maria Tavares de Almeida, and widow of Mateus José Lapa Valente do Couto (Oeiras, 1861 - 1904), married Pangim, 12 February 1887, with one son, and had an only daughter:
  • Lia Arez Ferreira do Amaral (Lisbon, Santa Isabel, 20 December 1914 - Oeiras, 1999), Licentiate
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     in Historico-Philosophical Sciences, married Joaquim Cândido da Fonseca (1912 - Lisbon, 1977), Licentiate in Historico-Philosophical Sciences, former Vice-Dean
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     of Oeiras High School
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    , son of Manuel Cândido da Fonseca and wife Maria do Rosário Pires, and had female issue

Sources

  • Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III, 1985, Tomo II, pp. 758-761
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