D. Luís de Almeida Portugal Soares de Alarcão d'Eça e Melo Silva e Mascarenhas, 5th Count of Avintes and 2nd Marquis of Lavradio (27 June 1729 - 2 May 1790) was the 11th Viceroy of Brazil, the second one that ruled the colony after the seat of government was moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. He was the son and heir of the 1st Marquis of the same title, D. António de Almeida Soares e Portugal and his wife, D. Francisca das Chagas Mascarenhas, sister of the 8th Duke of Aveiro. During the 1762 Spanish invasion of Portugal, he commanded the 1st Cascais Infantry Regiment as its Colonel.
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27 June 1729 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
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Died |
2 May 1790 (aged 60) Kingdom of Portugal
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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