Almada (António José de Sousa)
Original title: Almada (Antonio José de Sousa)
Madeiran-born minor poet and adventurer (1824–1874) who squandered a fortune and served as civil governor of Castelo Branco.
We know of this Madeiran from what is said of him in the Diccionario Popular of Pinheiro Chagas and in the dictionary Portugal. He was born on this island in 1824 and died in Benfica in 1874. He courted the Muses, but seems not to have been a poet of great inspiration.
Marrying a very wealthy lady in Lisbon, he squandered a considerable fortune within a short time. He then turned to various industrial ventures, in which fortune did not greatly favour him. Under Marshal Saldanha’s Hundred Days government, Sousa Almada was civil governor of Castelo Branco. He was a man of the most refined manners, spoke several languages with ease and possessed uncommon strength and courage, all of which he turned to good advantage at various moments of his eventful life.
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Time
Years mentioned · 02Place
Places mentioned · 03
- Castelo Branco
Portugal. District of which he was civil governor.
Castelo Branco is a district and diocese in mainland Portugal, cited for its low population density. Jaime Moniz represented it as a deputy, and António José de Sousa Almada served as its civil governor. Januário Vicente Camacho was presented as its bishop but never confirmed.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Where he married a wealthy lady.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
People
People mentioned · 03- António José de Sousa Almada1824–1874
Madeiran poet of modest talent, civil governor of Castelo Branco under Saldanha's Hundred Days government, who died at Benfica.
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Marshal whose Hundred Days government appointed Sousa Almada civil governor of Castelo Branco.
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Author of the Diccionario Popular, a source for this biography.