João de Freitas do Amaral

João Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 30 May 1948 - Lisbon, São Domingos de Benfica, 21 March 1995) was a Portuguese politician and journalist.

Background

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Duarte de Freitas do Amaral and wife Maria Filomena de Campos Trocado and the younger brother of Diogo de Freitas do Amaral.

Career

He was an Assistant to the Secretary of State of Sports and a Journalist, etc.

Marriages and issue

He married firstly in Porto, Nevogilde, on 2 January 1971 and divorced Maria Inês Fernandes Marinho, born in Porto, Nevogilde, 5 April 1946, daughter of Henrique Pascoal Marinho and wife Maria do Céu Pereira Fernandes, and had two children:

• Duarte Fernandes Marinho de Freitas do Amaral (b. Lisbon, 27 November 1971)
• Mariana Fernandes Marinho de Freitas do Amaral (b. Lisbon, 4 July 1974)

He married secondly in Sesimbra on 9 September 1980 and divorced Isabel Maria Braz de Oliveira, born in Lisbon on 16 March 1955, daughter of Roque Braz de Oliveira and wife Maria Carlota Pinto Nogueira, and paternal granddaughter of Cassiano Maria de Oliveira (b. Fundão, Alcongosta) and wife Júlia Preto Chagas Braz (b. Sesimbra, and had a daughter:

• Maria Brás de Oliveira de Freitas do Amaral (b. Lisbon, 28 February 1981)

References

• Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal, III, 2006, Tomo IV, pg. 862 to 873
• Costados, Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 55