Marquis of Pombal (title)

The Marquisate of Pombal (Portuguese: Marquês de Pombal) is a hereditary Portuguese title of nobility created on 16 September 1769 by King Joseph I of Portugal in favour of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who had previously been created Count of Oeiras in 1759. The first holder was one of the leading political figures of eighteenth-century Portugal and served as chief minister during the reign of Joseph I. The marquisate was granted ten years after the creation of the County of Oeiras, which became associated with the same family.

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