House of Saldanha

House of Saldanha
Country	Kingdom of Portugal Portuguese Republic
Founded	1475
Founder	Diogo Lopes de Saldanha born Diego López de Saldaña
Current head	D. Manuel de Saldanha da Gama
Titles	See list Extant Titles Hereditary Lords of Assequins (16 September 1671) Counts of Ponte (9 April 1756) Counts of Rio Maior (18 November 1802) Counts of Saldanha (14 January 1833) Marquesses of Saldanha (27 May 1834) Counts of Almoster (1 December 1834) Dukes of Saldanha (4 November 1846) Marquesses of Rio Maior (19 May 1886) Extinct Titles Counts of Ega (25 February 1758) Counts of Porto Santo (26 October 1823) Viscounts of Taubaté, in Brazil (12 October 1825) Marquesses of Taubaté, in Brazil (19 December 1826) Counts of Penamacor (17 December 1844) Counts of Azinhaga (18 May 1849) Counts of Alpedrinha (30 August 1854) Lords of Zibreira (11 December 1860) Counts of Sintra (18 April 1871)
Members	See list António de Saldanha, Captain of Sofala-Mozambique Aires de Saldanha, 17th Viceroy of India Francisco I, Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo Admiral Saldanha da Gama João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha Mother Teresa de Saldanha
Religion	Catholicism
Estate(s)	See list Palacete dos Condes da Ponte (presently the Lisbon Port Administration) Palácio da Anunciada (presently The One Palácio da Anunciada Hotel) Palácio da Ega (presently the Overseas Historical Archive) Palace of Saldanha (presently the Lyceum of Arts and Crafts)
Cadet branches	Saldanha da Gama dit Counts of Ponte Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro Ribafria, dit Counts of Penamacor (extinct) Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro, dit Counts of Ega (extinct) Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa, dit Marquesses of Rio Maior Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa, dit Dukes of Saldanha

The House of Saldanha is an extant Portuguese noble house patrilineally descended from Diego López de Saldaña, a Castillian nobleman who accompannied Infanta Juana of Castille to Portugal upon her marriage to King Afonso V, and later sided with the Portuguese in the War of the Castilian Succession .

Diego López de Saldaña had agnatic descendants through two of his sons, João and António de Saldanha. The former originated the senior line of the house, bearing the surname Saldanha da Gama, which held the title of Count of Ponte after inheriting it in 1756, upon becoming the genealogical successor to the agnatically extinct House of Torres.

The second son, António, was a notable navigator and colonial officer after whom Saldanha Bay and, indirectly, asteroid 1456 Saldanha are named. His many descendants separated into several cadet branches of the House of Saldanha. Most notable among his descendants is Marshal João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha, major figure in the Liberal Wars and four times Prime Minister of Portugal.

Members of several other Portuguese noble houses bore the surname Saldanha without belonging to the House of Saldanha, but by virtue of being cognatically descended from it, such as the Counts of Alcáçovas, the Counts of Galveias (after the 6th Count), the Counts of Farrobo (after the 2nd Count), and the Papal Count D. António de Almeida e Silva de Saldanha.

The Duke of Saldanha

Aires de Saldanha 17th Viceroy of the Portuguese State of India

Saldanha Bay, named after Captain António de Saldanha

Titles

Title	First Holder	Created	Extinct	Notes
Hereditary Lords of Assequins	Luís de Saldanha da Gama	16 September 1671
Counts of Ponte	Luís de Saldanha da Gama Mello e Torres	9 April 1756		Created for Francisco de Mello e Torres on 16 May 1661, the claim to this title passed to the House of Saldanha on 9 February 1754, upon the death without issue of the 3rd count and resulting extinction of the House of Torres. This succession was given royal assent with the grant of the title of 4th count to Luís de Saldanha da Gama Mello e Torres on 9 April 1756.
Counts of Ega	Manuel de Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro	25 February 1758	29 April 1855	Extinct upon the death without issue of the 4th count, Antão José Joaquim de Saldanha de Albuquerque Coutinho Matos e Noronha.
Counts of Rio Maior	João Vicente de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa	18 November 1802		Subsidiary to the Marquess of Rio Maior since 1886.
Counts of Porto Santo	António de Saldanha da Gama	26 October 1823	23 July 1839	Extinct upon the death without issue of the 1st count.
Viscounts of Taubaté	Luís de Saldanha da Gama Mello e Torres Guedes de Brito	12 October 1825	12 December 1837	Viscountcy granted with the honours of a Grandee (visconde com grandeza). Subsidiary to the Marquess of Taubaté from 1846 until its extinction upon the death without issue of the 1st viscount.
Marquesses of Taubaté	Luís de Saldanha da Gama Mello e Torres Guedes de Brito	19 December 1826	12 December 1837	Extinct upon the death without issue of the 1st marquess.
Counts of Saldanha	João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha	14 January 1833		Subsidiary to the Duke of Saldanha since 1846.
Marquesses of Saldanha	João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha	27 May 1834		Subsidiary to the Duke of Saldanha since 1846.
Counts of Almoster	Augusto Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun	1 December 1834		Subsidiary to the Duke of Saldanha since 1846.
Counts of Penamacor	António de Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro Ribafria	17 December 1844	18 May 1933	Created for D. Lopo de Albuquerque in May 1475, the title was granted to his cognatic descendant, a member of the House of Saldanha, by Royal Decree. Extinct upon the death without issue of the 4th count, Álvaro de Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro Ribafria.
Dukes of Saldanha	João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha	4 November 1846		Currently held by D. José Augusto Manuel de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun.
Counts of Azinhaga	Francisco de Paula de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun	18 May 1849	14 December 1881	Extinct upon the death without issue of the 1st count.
Counts of Alpedrinha	José Sebastião de Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun	30 August 1854	12 November 1855	Extinct upon the death without issue of the 1st count.
Lords of Zibreira	D. Cristovão Manoel de Vilhena e Saldanha	11 December 1860	??	Created for D. Sancho Manoel de Vilhena on 2 November 1717, the title was granted to his cognatic descendant, a member of the House of Saldanha, by Royal Decree.
Counts of Sintra	Francisca Eugénia de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun	18 April 1871	3 February 1949	Extinct upon the death without issue of the 1st countess.
Marquesses of Rio Maior	D. António José de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa	19 May 1886		Currently held by D. João Vicente de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa.

Family tree

Diego López de Saldaña

João de Saldanha

António de Saldanha Captain of Sofala and Mozambique

Luís de Saldanha

Diogo de Saldanha

Aires de Saldanha 17th Viceroy of India

João de Saldanha

João de Saldanha

António de Saldanha

António de Saldanha

Diogo de Saldanha Commander of Vila de Rei

Fernão de Saldanha Governor of Madeira

António de Saldanha Alcaide-mor of Vila Real One of the Forty Conspirators

Luís de Saldanha

Rui Lourenço de Távora

Aires de Saldanha e Albuquerque Commander of Soure One of the Forty Conspirators

João de Saldanha Knight Hospitaller

Sancho Dias de Saldanha One of the Forty Conspirators

João de Saldanha de Sousa Military Governor of Setúbal

Manuel de Saldanha Bishop of Viseu

João de Saldanha da Gama One of the Forty Conspirators

Aires de Saldanha de Menezes e Sousa Governor of Angola

Manuel de Saldanha de Távora

João de Saldanha de Albuquerque Governor of Madeira

António de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa

Luís de Saldanha da Gama Lord of Assequins

José de Saldanha de Menezes e Sousa

António de Saldanha de Mesquita Lobo Albuquerque e Castro Ribafría 29th Governor of Angola

Aires de Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro Coutinho Matos e Noronha 44th Governor of Rio de Janeiro

João Pedro de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa

João de Saldanha da Gama 41st Viceroy of India

Aires Bento de Saldanha de Menezes e Sousa

António de Saldanha de Albuquerque

Manuel de Saldanha de Albuquerque e Castro 1st Count of Ega 47th Viceroy of India

Pedro de Saldanha Governor of Sofala

António Vicente de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa Juzarte Figueira

Luís de Saldanha da Gama Mello e Torres 4th Count of Ponte

D. Francisco I 3rd Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon

Manuel de Saldanha da Gama

José António Bento de Saldanha de Menezes e Sousa 5th Count of Ponte jure uxoris

António de Saldanha e Casto Albuquerque Lobo da Mesquita e Andrade Ribafria Alcaide-mor of Sintra

Aires José Maria de Saldanha de Albuquerque Coutinho Matos e Noronha 2nd Count of Ega

João Vicente de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa 1st Count of Rio Maior

Luis Maria de Saldanha de Oliveira e Sousa Provost of the Guimarães Collegiate

Leonor Josefa Francisca Antónia de Saldanha 5th Countess of Ponte

João de Saldanha da Gama Mello e Torres Guedes de Brito 6th Count of Ponte

António de Saldanha da Gama 2nd Count of Porto Santo 48th Governor of Angola

João Maria Rafael de Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro Ribafria

Manuel de Saldanha Albuquerque Coutinho Matos e Noronha 3rd Count of Ega

Antão José Joaquim de Saldanha de Albuquerque Coutinho Matos e Noronha 4th Count of Ega Died without issue

António de Saldanha de Oliveira e Sousa 2nd Count of Rio Maior

José Sebastião de Saldanha de Oliveira e Daun 1st Count of Alpedrinha

João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun 1st Duke of Saldanha

Francisco de Paula de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun 1st Count of Azinhaga

Domingos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun 56th Governor of Angola

Manuel de Saldanha da Gama Torres Guedes de Brito 7th Count of Ponte

Luís de Saldanha da Gama 1st Marquess of Taubaté

José de Saldanha da Gama

António de Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro Ribafria 2nd Count of Penamacor

D. João Maria de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa 3rd Count of Rio Maior

D. Cristóvão Manoel de Vilhena e Saldanha 4th Lord of Zibreira

Augusto Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun 1st Count of Almoster

João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira Daun 2nd Duke of Saldanha

João de Saldanha da Gama 8th Count of Ponte

Manuel de Saldanha da Gama

Brazilian Line of Saldanha da Gama Presumed extinct

António Maria de Saldanha e Castro Ribafria 3rd Count of Penamacor

D. António José Saldanha Oliveira Sousa 1st Marquess of Rio Maior

D. José Luís de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa

D. Salvador Manoel de Vilhena e Saldanha 5th Lord of Zibreira

Francisca Eugénia de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun 2nd Countess of Sintra

João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun 2nd Count of Almoster

Manuel de Saldanha da Gama de Mello e Torres Heir to the Count of Ponte Died without issue

Teresa Maria de Jesus de Saldanha da Gama married João da Silva Ferrão de Castelo-Branco

Senior Line Saldanha da Gama

Álvaro de Saldanha Albuquerque e Castro Ribafria 4th Count of Penamacor Died without issue

Cadet Branch Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa Marquesses of Rio Maior

Cadet Branch Saldanha Oliveira e Daun Dukes of Saldanha

Cognatic Descent House of Ferrão de Castelo Branco Counts of Ponte

Bibliography

• Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Generación y semblanza de Fernán López de Saldaña, Contador Mayor de Juan II de Castilla, in Medievalismo, (21), pgs 161 ss.
• Domingos de Araújo Affonso, Livro de oiro da nobreza, Vols. I-III, (Lisbon, 1934).
• Afonso Eduardo Martins Zuquete, Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil, Vols. II-III, (Lisbon, 1960-1961).
• José Barbosa Canaes de Figueiredo, Sumário Histórico da Família de Saldanha, (Lisbon, 1840).

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