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ALMEIDA, João de, 2nd Marquess of Alorna (1726-1802)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA Almeida

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: ALMEIDA, João de, 2nd Marquess of Alorna (1726-1802)

Date(s): [1777-1802]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Almeida | João de | 1726-1802 | 2nd Marquess of Alorna

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 7 Nov 1726; studied in Paris; named as Ambassador to the court of Louis XV, King of France, when implicated in the plot of 3 Sep 1758 to murder Joseph I, King of Portugal; imprisoned on the orders of Sebastião de Carvalho, Marquês de Pombal, in the Castle of Belém, and then the Fortress of Junqueira for eighteen years; released Mar 1777; subsequently declared innocent of attempted regicide, and rehabilitated; Commander of Moreira in the Order of Christ; Captain of Cavalry; Member of the Real Academia de História Portuguesa; died 9 Jun 1802.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript relating to Alorna's imprisonment in the Fortress of Junqueira, Portugal, 1758-1777, on charges of attempted regicide, entitled 'Relação do que contremo Forte da Junqueira, e do que nelle passaram os presos, sieita pelo Marquês da Alorna'. Subsequently published posthumously as Relação dos presos do forte da Junqueira by Almeida (published for José de Sousa Amado, Lisbon, 1857).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Portuguese.

System of arrangement:

1 volume.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services of King's College London.

Physical characteristics:

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This collection level description available online.

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Presented to King's College Library.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Sources: British Library OPAC; Grande enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira. Compiled by Robert Baxter.