Manuel Vieira de Albuquerque Touvar
| Manuel Vieira de Albuquerque Touvar | |
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| 9th Captain-General of the Azores | |
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In office 21 May 1824 – 22 June 1828 |
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| Monarch | |
| Constituency | Azores |
| Captaincy of Espírito Santo | |
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In office December 1804 – December 1811 |
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| Monarch | |
| Constituency | Espirito Santo (Brazil) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1776 |
| Died |
14 June 1833 (aged 89) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Residence | Angra do Heroísmo (Azores) |
Manuel Vieira de Albuquerque Touvar (28 April 1776 – 14 June 1833 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese nobleman who served first as Captain General in Brazil, but ultimately as the 9th Captain General of the archipelago of the Azores.
In the reign of Maria I of Portugal, Touvar governed the Captaincy of Espírito Santo, in the Portuguese colony of Brazil between December 1804 and December 1811. The early part of his work in Espírito Santo involved pursuing and attacking natives within his territory, a governmental practice that had in its objective the expansion of internal navigation. In 1803, the indigenous population had attacked Porto de Souza, leaving the garrison of Coutins totally destroyed. In 1809, Touvar pursued the natives while founding (in the ashes of the former garrison of Coutins) the base for the settlement of Linhares, in homage to D. Rodrigo de Souza Coutinho, who was instituted as Count of Linhares.
Touvar served in the monarch's Council of State as a colonel in the Portuguese cavalry and Commander in the Order of Aviz under John VI of Portugal.
After 1823, the reformist politics of the Count of Subserra (a Terceirense), powerful minister of John VI of Portugal, reestablished the Captaincy General of the Azores, giving it a new politico-administrative organization for the territory. Touvar was appointed 9th Captain-General for the Azores on 21 May 1824, and took up residence in the city of Angra on 11 June 1824.
In 1825, King D. John VI was forced to recognize the independence of Brazil, where his son (D. Pedro) reigned as Emperor since 1822. Taking advantage that these events created, the Infante D. Miguel and his wife D. Carlota Joaquina attempted to distance Pedro from the throne of Portugal. Following the death of D. John VI, D. Pedro relinquished his title to the throne of Portugal in favour of his daughter D. Maria da Glória (who would reign as D. Maria), initially under the regency of her sister Isabel Maria. Following the 10 March 1826 abdication by D. Pedro, Queen D. Maria II signed a new Constitutional Charter and sent to the Azores Lord Stuart to promulgate the law and swear fealty to the new monarch. The municipalities of Ponta Delgada and Angra declared their loyalties to the Crown and new charter on 21 and 23 August 1826, in solemn ceremonies adhered by members of the three Estates General.
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