Person noble landowner founder of an entail
António Teixeira
1795–1876
noble · landowner · founder of an entail
Grandson of Tristão Vaz, first donatary of Machico, and a Madeiran nobleman known as the 'Rei Pequeno' (Little King) for his generosity and pride. Legend holds that he heard Mass on horseback at the Faial church, and his family's manor house was carried away by the 1803 flood.
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- Angústias (cemetery) — Notable person buried in the Angústias cemetery.
- Historical dates — Madeiran poet, died in Funchal in 1876.
- Santana (parish) — Parish priest of Santana from 1744 to 1769.
- Photography — Brought a camera from France for Vicente Gomes da Silva and was the first person photographed in Madeira.
- Our Lady of the Peña de Francia (chapel) — Fifth-generation descendant of Tristão Vaz who founded the rock-cut Penha chapel at Faial in 1685.
- Entailed foundations — Founded the Penha de Águia entail at Porto da Cruz in 1535.
- Napoleon — Madeiran French consul in Funchal who gave a ball for the Prince de Joinville in 1840.
- São Vicente (parish) — Madeiran satirical poet who spent a fortnight in São Vicente in 1826 and wrote a verse letter mocking it.
- Our Lady of Pity (chapels) — Nicknamed the Rei Pequeno, founder of the entail owning the Porto da Cruz chapel.
- Monteiro Teixeira (José António) — Madeiran satirical poet and French consul in Funchal, subject of this entry.
- Monteiro Teixeira (José António) — Wealthy proprietor and father of the poet.
