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    D. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (Marquês...
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    to hunting and the opera. His government was controlled by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. The third child and second son of...
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    historians interpret the incident as an attempt by prime minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (later Marquis of Pombal) to curb the growing powers of the...
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    Marquês de Pombal). Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (1699–1782), 1st Count of Oeiras and 1st Marquis of Pombal; Henrique José de Carvalho e Melo (1748–1812)...
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    Luisa de Mendonça e Melo. He was one of twelve children. Those siblings most prominent in Portugal's history were: Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo who...
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    rebuilding of the Pombaline Downtown (Baixa), ordered by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who was (chief) Minister of Portugal...
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    architectural style of the 18th century, named after Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the first Marquês de Pombal, who was instrumental in reconstructing...
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    throne, Maria dismissed her father's powerful chief minister, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. The early part of Maria's reign witnessed...
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    convicted for high treason, the Portuguese Prime Minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, whose brother served as the head Inquisitor...
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    Carris also serve the square. Its name is a reference to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, 1st Count of Oeiras, the powerful...
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    earthquake had a major impact on politics. The prime minister, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, was the favourite of the king, but...
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    The early 18th century, known as the Pombaline Era after Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, was a period of dictatorship and wide-ranging...
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    January 1789) was the second wife of Portuguese statesman Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal. Born in Vienna, Austria, she was the...
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    rebuilt largely according to the plans of Prime Minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the 1st Marquis of Pombal; the lower town began to be known...
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    Grão-Pará e Rio Negro) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. The state was created in 1772 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis...
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  • Agustín de Iturbide, and the Empress Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese statesman Pedro José Rada...
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    made by Victor Bastos, represent Nuno Alvares Pereira and Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal on the right, and Vasco da Gama and Viriatus...
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    after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. It takes its name from Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, the prime minister to Joseph I of...
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    populations to their colonies, during colonial times. In 1738 Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, later ennobled 1st Marquis of Pombal, began a career as the...
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  • Christian blood "from time immemorial". In Portugal, in 1772, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquess of Pombal decreed an end to the legal distinction...
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    king Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese statesman Sebastião Barradas, Portuguese preacher Sebastião da Silveira Cintra,...
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  • Dinis Gregório de Melo Castro e Mendonça (Lisbon, 11 April 1735 — Angra, 3 December 1793) was a member of high nobility, military and Portuguese colonial...
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    in Ajuda (Lisbon), Portugal. It holds the Mausoleum of the Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal It is classified as a National Monument...
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    Grão-Pará e Maranhão) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. The state was created on 31 July 1751 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st...
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    he sat in on a public examination (de jure aperto) so he could join the judiciary. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the Secretary of State for Foreign...
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    Carcavelos DOC (category Carcavelos e Parede)
    long winemaking history dating back to the 18th century when Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal owned vineyards here. The region is known...
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    Maranhão e Piauí) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. The state was created in 1772 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis...
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    of Pombal (1721–1789), second wife of Portuguese statesman Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal Eleonora Abbagnato (born 1978), Italian...
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  • player Pedro de Melo (1734–1797), Spanish soldier and Viceroy of the Rio de la Plata in South America Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquess...
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    branch number 10 of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP). Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699-1782 in Pombal) a Portuguese...
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