Viscount of Pelotas

Viscount of Pelotas
Coat of arms of José Correia da Câmara, the second and last holder of the title
Creation date12 October 1826
Created byPedro I of Brazil
PeeragePeerage of Brazil
First holderPatrício Correia da Câmara
Last holderJosé Correia da Câmara
StatusExtinct
Extinction date24 February 1891[a]
Seat(s)Pelotas

The title of Viscount of Pelotas (Portuguese: Visconde de Pelotas) was a Brazilian noble title granted by emperor Pedro I of Brazil to Patrício José Correia da Câmara by decree dated 12 October 1826.[1]

Titleholders

Name Picture Birth Became Viscount Ceased to be Viscount Other titles Marriages
Patrício José Correia da Câmara 12 October 1744 12 October 1826[b] 28 May 1827 1st and only Baron of Pelotas Joaquina Leocádia da Fontoura
José Antônio Correia da Câmara 17 February 1824 17 March 1870 24 February 1891 – Maria Rita Fernandes Pinheiro

Notes

  1. ^ All Brazilian titles of nobility were abolished by the Brazilian Republican Constitution of 1891, issued on that date.
  2. ^ Prior to becoming Viscount, Patrício Correia da Câmara received the title of Baron of Pelotas a year earlier on 12 October 1825.

References

  1. ^ de Vasconcelos, Rodolfo Smith (1918). "Archivo nobiliarchico brasileiro" [Brazilian Nobiliary Archive]. objdigital.bn.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). pp. 346–347. Retrieved 2023-06-13.


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