Count of Feira

Count of Feira (in Portuguese Conde da Feira) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, in 1481, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to D. Rui Pereira, the son of Fernão Pereira, Lord of Santa Maria da Feira.

When the 8th Count died without legitimous issue, the Crown granted all those estates to the Casa do Infantado which, in those times belonged to Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja.

Later, on 18 May 1820, king John VI of Portugal granted the County of Feira (second creation) to D. Miguel Pereira Forjaz Coutinho Barreto de Sá e Resende (who descended from the original counts of Feira).

Today, this title is claimed by José Pedro da Silveira Cyrne de Vasconcelos (born 1953), and Gustavo Andrés Pereira Meza (born in 1997) head of the line from Ferrol of the Pereira family.

"Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 522/528. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.

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