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    who was a role model and inspiration for Poe, published the story "Das Majorat" in 1819.[citation needed] There are many similarities between the two...
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    (1817) "Der Sandmann", "Das Gelübde", "Ignaz Denner", "Die Jesuiterkirche in G." "Das Majorat", "Das öde Haus", "Das Sanctus", "Das steinerne Herz" Seltsame...
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  • (1816) "Das Sanctus ['The Sanctus']" (1816) Vol. 2 (1817) "Das öde Haus ['The Bleak House']" (1817) "Das Majorat ['Primogeniture']" (1817) "Das Gelübde...
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  • Retrieved 15 March 2023. Pitcher, Edward W. (Summer 1978). "From Hoffmann's "Das Majorat" To Poe's "Usher" Via "The Robber's Tower": Poe's Borrowings Reconsidered"...
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  • Manuel ... Eduardo Helena do Vale ... Cristina Costinha ... Morgado das Perdizes (a majorat owner) Auzenda Maria ... Mariana Maria Matos ... D. Vitória Joaquim...
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    1st Viscount and 1st Count of Sobral, 5th Lord of the Majorat of Sobral, 3rd Lord of the Majorat of Luz, ComC (16 September 1775 – 2 February 1846), Chief...
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    and west, are the terraced estates that belong to the majorat manors and spring of Calçada das Virtudes. It consists of a central, high backrest with...
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    Porcalhota, for being a Majorat of the daughter of a man surnamed Porcalho who was called for being a female Porcalhota. The Aqueduto das Águas Livres, which...
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  • succeeded in name of his wife at the Majorat of the Fonsecas and married Constança da Fonseca, Lady of the Majorat of the Fonsecas (instituted by Lourenço...
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    institute a majorat and it has none of the text in it that is in the "1598" majorat. Navarrete states that there is no authentic Majorat of 1498, there...
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    From 1867, he was Rittmeister. After the death of his father, he owned majorat in Plawniowitz in Silesia. From 1872 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1907, Ballestrem...
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    Pillory of Messejana (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Messejana) Residence of the Majorat Moreiras (Portuguese: Casa dos Morgados Moreiras) Castle of Aljustrel (Portuguese:...
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    Lopo Furtado de Mendonça, 1st Count of Rio Grande and 12th Lord of the Majorat of Quarteira (1661 – 20 November 1730) was a Portuguese nobleman and naval...
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    present-day Póvoa de Santa Iria is located was designated part of the Póvoa Majorat (Morgado da Póvoa) by Vicente Afonso Valente, for the benefit of his brother...
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    have been a knight in the military orders of Portugal, have instituted a majorat, have occupied a position in public administration or to have been a military...
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    of the area resulted in the oldest son owning all the land and power (majorat), leaving the rest as serfs. It has also been suggested that one reason...
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    morgadio was similar to the common law entail or fee tail in England, or the majorat in France. The master of the keys of the order, with responsibility for...
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  • seniority, Rota system and Tanistry Elective monarchy Issue (genealogy) Majorat Royal bastard "primogeniture, n.". OED Online. September 2019. Oxford University...
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    D. Álvaro de Ataíde, capitão-mor of Elvas and 2nd Administrator of the majorat established by his maternal grandmother, Dona Jerónima de Castro do Canto...
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  • in Santa Comba Dão. His Majorats became extinct with the Letter of Law of 19 May 1863 that came to abolish all the Majorats and Chapels, excepting, with...
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    Church of Nossa Senhora das Neves (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Cela/Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Neves) Church of Nossa Senhora das Neves (Portuguese: Igreja...
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    (Desembargo do Paço). Josefa Teresa de Morais Ferraz was an administrator of the Majorat of Figueiró dos Vinhos. First tutored by a clergyman, José enrolled at...
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  • original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024. das Neves, António Amaro (23 March 2016). "A Torre da Alfândega - das origens ao dia de hoje". araduca.blogspot...
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    Barbosa until the extinction of the morgadios (the Portuguese equivalent of majorats, or Fee tails) in Portugal, in 1863. The French writer Antoine de La Sale...
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    da Administração e Arrecadação da Real Fazenda). He was master of the Majorat of Lagares d´El-Rei, 11th master of Pombalinho and was in the Order of...
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    massacre (over 30 Poles, including women and children) 2 September, Lipniak-Majorat massacre (around 450 Poles, including women and children) Planned destruction...
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  • descent living in Spain. Of the Counts (formerly Viscounts and Lords of the Majorat) of a Aurora. Agricultural Engineer. Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III...
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    Antão de Almada, 12th Count of Avranches, 9th Lord of Pombalinho and 14th Majorat of Lagares d'El-Rei (19 April 1718 – 26 January 1797) was the Grand Master...
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  • station chief, had German and Portuguese ancestry, being related to the Majorats of São Jacinto and cousin to the doctor João Augusto da Cunha Sampaio Maia...
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    received the title of count, after the former had founded in 1783 the majorat of Arklitten in East Prussia. This title was confirmed on 8 May 1914 in...
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