Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé

His Excellency The Duke of Loulé GCC GCTS FC
29th President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Portugal
In office 11 August 1869 – 19 May 1870
Monarch	Luís I of Portugal
Preceded by	Marquis of Sá da Bandeira
Succeeded by	Duke of Saldanha
24th President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Portugal
In office 4 July 1860 – 17 April 1865
Monarch	Pedro V of Portugal Luís I of Portugal
Preceded by	Joaquim António de Aguiar
Succeeded by	Duke of Terceira
21st President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Portugal
In office 6 June 1856 – 16 March 1859
Monarch	Pedro V of Portugal
Preceded by	Duke of Saldanha
Succeeded by	Duke of Terceira
Personal details
Born	6 November 1804 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	22 May 1875 (aged 71) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Spouse(s)	Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Portugal

Dom. Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 1st Duke of Loulé, 2nd Marquis of Loulé, 9th Count of Vale de Reis, (6 November 1804 – 22 May 1875), was an important Portuguese politician during the period of Constitutional Monarchy. Leader of the Historic Party, he was many times minister and, for three times, President of the Council of Ministers – Prime Minister (1856–1859, 1860–1865 and 1869–1870).

Marriage and Issue

In 1827, he married Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria, younger daughter of King John VI of Portugal, and they had five children:

• Ana Carlota de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1827–1893), married to the 3rd Count of Linhares – with issue;
• Maria do Carmo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1829–1907), married to the 3rd Count of Belmonte – with issue;
• Pedro José Agostinho de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 2nd Duke of Loulé, (1830–1909), inherited from his father the House of Loulé – with female issue;
• Maria Amália de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto (1832–1880), married Dom João Salazar de Mascarenhas, but the marriage ended and she became a nun. – with issue;
• Augusto Pedro de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 3rd Count of Azambuja (1835–1914) – with issue.

With this marriage, Nuno José Severo become brother-in-law of King Miguel I of Portugal and Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, and paternal uncle of Queen Maria II of Portugal and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.

See also

• Duke of Loulé

External links

• Genealogy of the 1st Duke of Loulé (in Portuguese)