Heredia (Councillor Francisco Correia)
Original title: Heredia (Conselheiro Francisco Correia)
Biography of Francisco Correia Herédia (1793–1880), Madeiran nobleman and liberal who fought in the siege of Porto, served as deputy, president of the Funchal council and of the revolutionary Junta Governativa, and distinguished himself during the 1856 cholera epidemic.
He belonged to the old and noble Herédia family of this island. One of the direct representatives of this family, and administrator (administrador do concelho, government-appointed head of the municipality) of several entails, was Dom José de Brito Heredia, whose daughter and sole heiress, Dona Antonia Basilia Heredia de Bettencourt, married in 1801 the well-known and distinguished diplomat and statesman António de Saldanha da Gama, who was granted the title of Count of Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’). As the Count and Countess of Porto Santo died without issue, the important house passed to their nearest relative, Francisco Correia Herédia, father of António Correia Herédia and grandfather of the Viscount of Ribeira Brava (‘wild river’).
Councillor (conselheiro, honorary title of the royal council) Francisco Correia Heredia was born on this island on 4 July 1793 and died in Lisbon on 27 July 1880. He was the son of Dom Francisco Moniz de Aragão e Melo de Heredia. The persecution that he and his family suffered at the hands of the Miguelites forced him to emigrate to Brazil. He then went on to France and England, and later joined the liberating army, in whose ranks he served, distinguishing himself by his valour, above all at the siege of Porto.
He was deputy for this district in the legislative session of 1842–1845, and president of the governing board (junta governativa) set up in Madeira at the time of the Maria da Fonte revolutionary movement.
The services he rendered during the cholera epidemic that ravaged this island in 1856 were outstanding and remained memorable.
Here in Madeira he held various public offices, such as president of the Funchal Council, receiver-general (recebedor geral, head of the district revenue office), acting civil governor, president of the Junta Governativa, etc.
A Religião e Progresso (‘Religion and Progress’) of 20 August 1880 reprinted a long biographical article on Councillor Herédia published in the Diário de Noticias of Lisbon.
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Francisco Correia Herédia was born in Madeira.
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D. Antónia Basília Herédia de Bettencourt married António Saldanha da Gama.
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Francisco Correia Herédia served as deputy for the Funchal district.
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A cholera epidemic, brought by Infantry Regiment No. 1, ravaged Madeira from July to October 1856, killing about ten thousand people by tradition and leaving many orphans. Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo, Luiz Albino Gonçalves and others served during it.
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Francisco Correia Herédia died in Lisbon; A Religião e Progresso reprinted a biographical article on him on 20 August.
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Abroad
- Brazil
Where he emigrated fleeing Miguelist persecution.
Brazil is recorded in the Elucidário as a chief destination of Madeiran emigrants, including several clergy and writers. It was also a market for Madeira wine and brandy and a maker of wickerwork from Madeiran osiers. It was linked to Madeira by the 1874 telegraph cable and is the native country of the araçá.
- England
United Kingdom. Country of his exile.
England appears in the Elucidário as the first main market for Madeira embroidery and the main importer of Madeiran wicker. It was also the source of most butter consumed in Funchal in the early nineteenth century. It was a chief refuge for liberal emigrants fleeing Miguelist persecution, and several Madeirans studied or served as diplomats there.
- France
Country of his exile.
France is a country where several Madeirans fought and died in the First World War, including Gabriel Rocha de Gouveia and João Paulo da Veiga Pestana. It was also a place of study, of exile and of refuge for Madeirans. It was the origin of the expedition behind the Saque dos Franceses and the intended destination of the fugitives in the Machim legend.
- Funchal
He presided over its municipal council.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Where Herédia died in 1880.
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.
- Porto
Portugal. He distinguished himself at the siege of Porto.
A Portuguese city, where the 1820 liberal revolution began and whose district is the only one denser than Funchal's. Several Madeirans studied at its medical school or Academia Politécnica, and some lived or died there. The editor of O Funchalense Liberal was hanged there, and Marítimo beat FC Porto there in 1922.
People
People mentioned · 07- Francisco Correia Herédia1793–1880
Madeiran liberal, deputy and public official who inherited the Herédia house; subject of this entry.
- António Correia Herédia1822–1899
Son of Francisco Correia Herédia.
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Diplomat and statesman made count of Porto Santo; his childless death passed the Herédia house to Francisco Correia Herédia.
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Sole heiress of José de Brito Heredia; married Antonio Saldanha da Gama in 1801 and became countess of Porto Santo.
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Grandson of Francisco Correia Herédia.
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Father of Francisco Correia Herédia.
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Representative of the Herédia family and administrator of several entailed estates.