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Count of Penaguião

Count of Penaguião
Coat of Arms of the Sá family, Counts of Penaguião, Marquesses of Fontes and Marquesses of Abrantes.
Creation date 10 February 1583
Monarch Philip I of Portugal
Peerage Peerage of Portugal
First holder Dom João Rodrigues de Sá
Present holder Dom José Maria da Piedade de Lancastre e Távora

Count of Penaguião (in Portuguese Conde de Penaguião) is a Portuguese title of nobility, created by King Philip I of Portugal, on 10 February 1583, for Dom João Rodrigues de Sá.

The noble family of Sá were elevated as Marquises of Fontes in 1659.

By Royal Decree of King John V of Portugal on 24 June 1718, the 3rd Marquis of Fontes, a celebrated military commander and ambassador, received a grant of land from the Crown and was conferred the additional distinguished marquisate of Abrantes; the Letters Patent also granted him the additional ancient arms and name of Almeida and stipulated the countship of Penaguião devolve upon the Marquis' heir apparent de jure.


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