The noble title of Viscount of Balsemão, granted in perpetuity and with Honours of Grandeeship, was created by the Prince Regent, Dom João, in the name of his mother, Queen Maria I of Portugal, by Decree of 14 August 1801, in favour of Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho."Nobility of Portugal and Brazil," directed by Afonso Eduardo Martins Zúquete, Editorial Enciclopédia, 2nd Edition, Lisbon, 1989, Volume II, p. 369.
History
As Viscounts with Grandeeship, the Viscounts of Balsemão are entitled to bear the heraldic coronet of a Count.
The Palacete of the Viscounts of Balsemão, commissioned in the mid-18th century by the nobleman José Brandão Godinho Perestrello Pereira de Azevedo, came into the possession of the Balsemão family through the marriage of his daughter to her cousin, Luís Máximo Alfredo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, the second Viscount of Balsemão.
Viscounts of Balsemão (1801)
#NameDatesTitleNotes1Luis Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1735—18041st Viscount of BalsemãoCreated Viscount by Royal Decree2Luis Máximo Alfredo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1774—18322nd Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 1st Viscount of Balsemão3Luis José Alexandre Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1800—18523rd Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 2nd Viscount of Balsemão; Died without issue4Vasco Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1802—18624th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 2nd Viscount of Balsemão; Brother of the 3rd Viscount of Balsemão5Luis Alexandre Alfredo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1839—19195th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 4th Viscount of Balsemão
Claimants post-Monarchy
#NameDatesTitleNotes6Vasco Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1868—19316th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 5th Viscount of Balsemão7Luis Maria Perestrelo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1915—19767th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 6th Viscount of Balsemão8Vasco Pinto de Sousa Coutinhob. 19438th Viscount of BalsemãoCurrent claimant
Notes
This article was originally translated, in whole or in part, from the Portuguese Wikipedia article titled "Visconde de Balsemão".
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