Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo | |
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Marquis Sá da Bandeira | |
Marquis Sá da Bandeira | |
Issue
Luísa Aglaé Fanny de Sá Nogueira
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Full name
Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo
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Noble family | de Sá |
Born | 26 September 1795 Santarém, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 6 January 1876 (aged 80) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquess de Sá da Bandeira (Santarém; 26 September 1795 – Lisbon; 6 January 1876) was a Portuguese nobleman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for five times. He was the most prominent Portuguese defender of the abolition of slavery in Portugal and its domains.
Bernardo was Prime Minister of Portugal from 5 November 1836 to 2 June 1837.
He never got married but he had a natural daughter by an unknown mother named Luísa Aglaé Fanny de Sá Nogueira, who married as his first wife her uncle Faustino de Paiva de Sá Nogueira (8 February 1845 – 18 May 1920), without issue. He became their universal heir. The city of Lubango, Angola, was called Sá de Bandeira when the Angolan territory was under Portuguese rule.
He was also a freemason.