Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira

Luís de Meneses
Count of Ericeira
Father	Henrique de Meneses, 5th Lord of Louriçal
Mother	Margarida de Lima
Born	22 July 1632 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	26 May 1690 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal

D. Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira (22 July 1632 — 26 May 1690) was a Portuguese nobleman and military man.

He was the second son of D. Henrique de Meneses, 5th Senior of Louriçal and D. Margarida de Lima, daughter of Joãlo Gonçalves de Ataíde, 5th Count of Atouguia,

He was commander of São Cipriano de Angueira (St Cyprian), São Martinho de Frazão (St, Martin) and São Bartolomeu da Covilhã (St. Bartholomew) he was also commander the Older of Christ.

He was eight years old when the Portuguese Restoration War started in 1640, he served under the son of John IV, Teodósio de Bragança (Theodosius of Bragance) who was later Prince of Brazil, during the war, he was artillery general and later the Council of State. He took part in the Battle of São Miguel in 1658, Battle of the Lines of Elvas in 1659, Battle of Ameixial in 1663 and Battle of Montes Claros in 1665. After the end as a reward for defeating Spanish troops at the countryside of rio Degebe, he received the monsignor of the town of Ansião. After the end of the war, he became Governor-in-arms of the Province of Trás-os-Montes oin 1673. Later he wrote a couple of works related to the war.

Later he was a supporter of Peter II and the crisis of the aristocracy which led to the abdication of Alphonse VI of Portugal on 1667. In 1675, he returned to Lisbon where he was chosen for deputy of the Board of the Three States.

He was a victim of depression, described at the time with melancholic attacks and later committed suicide at the palace in Lisbon in 1690. He was succeeded by Francisco Xavier Menezes as the Count of Ericeira.

He also had a few manuscripts mainly written in the Castilian (Spanish) language, two of them were comedies in verse.

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