Person statesman diplomat Count of Porto Santo
António de Saldanha da Gama
António Saldanha da Gama
statesman · diplomat · Count of Porto Santo · law doctor
Portuguese statesman and diplomat, son of Lourenço Vaz Pereira da Gama, who took a doctorate in law at Coimbra and married a Madeiran heiress of the Herédia family. He was created Count of Porto Santo in 1823; the title had no successors and his house passed to Francisco Correia Herédia.
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- Gama — Son of Lourenço Vaz Pereira da Gama, with his own entry in the Elucidário.
- Heredia (Councillor Francisco Correia) — Diplomat and statesman made count of Porto Santo; his childless death passed the Herédia house to Francisco Correia Herédia.
- Noble titles — Statesman and diplomat married into the Herédia family, created Count of Porto Santo in 1823.
- Doctors — Madeiran who took a doctorate in law at Coimbra.
