Francisco de Assis de Távora

Francisco de Assis de Távora

Francisco de Assis de Távora, 3rd Marquês de Távora, 3rd Conde de Alvor, 5th Conde de São João da Pesqueira ( 7 October 1703 - 13 January 1759 ) was a Portuguese nobleman and lieutenant general who lived between 1750 and 1754 was viceroy of Portuguese India .

Life

Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marquesa de Távora, was married to her cousin Francisco de Assis de Távora since 1718

Francisco de Assis de Távora was the eldest son and heir of Bernardo António Filipe Neri de Távora , 2nd Conde de Alvor, and his wife Joana de Lorena. In 1718 he married his cousin Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marquesa de Távora , daughter of Colonel Luís Alvares de Távora, 2nd Marquês de Távora, 4th Conde de São João da Pesqueira, and his wife Ana de Lorena, a daughter by Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo, 4th Duque de Cadaval, 6th Marquês de Ferreira, 7th Conde de Tentúgal. After Leonor Tomásia de Távora inherited the title of 3rd Marquêsa de Távora, Condessa de São João da Pesqueira, due to the previous death of her older brother Luís Bernardo de Távora in 1718 after the death of her father Luís Alvares de Távora on February 8, 1721 suo jure , Francisco de Assis de Távora inherited this title jure uxoris as well as the other titles as 19th Senhor da Casa de Távora and 9th Senhor do Mogadouro.

Francisco de Assis de Távora began a military career and was last promoted to lieutenant general. On February 18, 1750 he was succeeded by King John V to Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos , 3rd Conde de Assumar, 1st Marquês de Castelo Novo, 1st Marquês de Alorna, the function as Viceroy of Portuguese India appointed. This made him the last viceroy to be appointed by King John V, who died on July 31, 1750. With him also traveled António Taveira da Neiva Brum da Silveira , who in 1750 became the new Archbishop of Goa . On September 22nd, 1750, when he arrived in Goa , he was having funeral ceremonies held in honor of the late king. During his tenure as viceroy, he sent naval units to fight pirates off the island of Diu and also declared war on the ruler of the Sunda Islands , during which he took Pondá and Zambaulim for the Portuguese crown. On September 18, 1754, Luís Mascarenhas , 2nd Conde de Alva, took over the office of Viceroy of Portuguese India, whereupon Távora returned to Portugal.

On September 3, 1758, there was an assassination attempt on King Joseph I , who became the new King of Portugal on July 31, 1750 after the death of his father. The king was on his way home to Ajuda , where he resided in a tent city, as his castle was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake . He came from a pastoral hour with his mistress and was therefore without an escort. He was ambushed and shot on the way to Ajuda. The perpetrators were caught and tortured for being hired by the Tavoras. The Tavora family were in opposition to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello , Marquês de Pombal, who had been first minister since 1756. The Marquês de Pombal took the opportunity to charge the entire family with high treason. Even Leonora de Tavora's teacher, the Jesuit monk Gabriel Malagrida , was arrested and later burned at the stake. On January 13, 1759, almost the entire family, including their alleged co-conspirator, José de Mascarenhas da Silva e Lencastre , Duque de Aveiro , was executed, their property was confiscated and their name was deleted from the register of nobility. It was only thanks to the queen that not all of the Tavoras were killed. This so-called " Tavora affair " has not yet been resolved .

Web link

• Francisco de Assis de Távora in Dictiónario histórico
• Francisco de Assis de Távora in rulers.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portuguese India: Viceroys (rulers.org)