António Severim de Noronha

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António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha (1792- 26 April 1860), First Duke of Terceira, Seventh Count and First Marquess of Vila-Flor, was a Portuguese soldier and statesman and a leader of the Constitutionalist side in the Liberal Wars, as well as a Prime Minister of Portugal.

He was born on 18 March 1792, son of the sixth Count of Vila-Flor. He held the island of Terceira in the Azores for the rightful queen Maria II when her uncle Dom Miguel usurped the throne in 1828. He was the leader of the army of Dom Pedro, the queen's uncle, in his attempt to defeat the usurper, and with him endured the siege of Oporto, 1832-33. After the battle of Ponte Ferreira on 23 July 1832 he offered to resign his command but was confirmed and created Duke of Terceira. In July 1833, having been transported with half his army to the Algarve by Admiral Charles Napier, he was victorious at the Battle of Almada which caused the Miguelites to abandon Lisbon, and with the Duke of Saldanha was in charge of the concluding campaign against Miguel's forces, and dealt them their final defeat at the Battle of Aceiceira. After the war he was three times Prime Minister of Portugal: from April to September 1836, for a few days in April-May 1851, and from March 1859 to his death on 26 April 1860.

Prime Ministers of Portugal during the Constitutional Monarchy (1834-1910)

Marquess of Palmela - Count of Linhares - Marquess of Saldanha - José Jorge Loureiro - Duke of Terceira - Count of Lumiares - Marquess of Valença - Viscount of Sá da Bandeira - Dias de Oliveira - Viscount of Sá da Bandeira (2nd) - Baron of Ribeira de Sabrosa - Count of Bonfim - Joaquim António de Aguiar - Marquess of Palmela (2nd) - Duke of Terceira (2nd) - Marquess of Palmela (3rd) - Duke of Saldanha (2nd) - Count of Tomar - Duke of Terceira (3rd) - Duke of Saldanha (3rd) - Marquess of Loulé - Duke of Terceira (4th) - Joaquim António de Aguiar (2nd) - Duke of Loulé (2nd) - Marquess of Sá da Bandeira (3nd) - Joaquim António de Aguiar (3rd) - Count of Ávila - Marquess of Sá da Bandeira (4th) - Duke of Loulé (3rd) - Duke of Saldanha (4th) - Marquess of Sá da Bandeira (5th) - Marquess of Ávila (2nd) - Fontes Pereira de Melo - Marquess of Ávila (3rd) - Fontes Pereira de Melo (2nd) - Anselmo José Braamcamp - Rodrigues Sampaio - Fontes Pereira de Melo (3rd) - José Luciano - António Serpa - João Crisóstomo - Dias Ferreira - Hintze Ribeiro - José Luciano (2nd) - Hintze Ribeiro (2nd) - José Luciano (3rd) - Hintze Ribeiro (3rd) - João Franco - Ferreira do Amaral - Campos Henriques - Sebastião Teles - Wenceslau de Lima - Veiga Beirão - Teixeira de Sousa