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Berto Correia de Sousa
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Berto Correia de Sousa at Forty Conspirators 2013‘s Gala Dinner
Full name
Berto Gil Correia Gomes de Sousa
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Clínica Santa Catarina, São Pedro (Funchal), Portugal
FatherJoão Gomes de Sousa
MotherBerta de Sousa

Berto Correia de Sousa, (born 16 April 1972) is a portuguese bank manager living and working in Zurich, Switzerland, member of two of the most prestigious families of the Portuguese medieval nobility, the House of Correia and the House of Sousa.

Life

Berto Correia de Sousa was born in Funchal, Madeira to João Gomes de Sousa (1941–) from the House of Sousa and in the direct line of descent of D. Egas Gomes de Sousa (1035 -?) and a Madeiran entrepreneur, owner of Universal Store and his wife, Berta Emília (née Correia de Deus) born 1945, Porto). Berto has one sister Maria (1970-), married with Dr. Duarte Nuno Figueira da Silva de Noronha Jardim (1964-) a neurologist and descendant of count Afonso of Gijón and Noronha (1350-1395), son of king Henry II of Castile and parents of two children Catarina (2002-) and Guilherme de Noronha (2003-).

Berto grew up in Funchal, Solothurn and in Geneva, often spending time in Austria and Germany.

Berto Correia is a direct descendant of D. Soeiro Pais Correia (1150-?), a portuguese medieval knight and the first Lord of Fralães and the son of Paio Ramiro who was at the service of Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portucale (1095) when his appointment in county government.

D. Soeiro Pais Correia's third grandchild the Friar D. Paio Peres Correia, was the Master of the Order of Santiago having led a military campaign against the Moors in the Algarve, which culminated in the taking of Silves and was crucial to the final conquest of that region in 1249 during the reign of Sancho II.

D. Paio Peres Correia is the ancestor of Saint Nuno of Saint Mary ( Holy Constable Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira ) whose daughter Beatriz Pereira Alvim married D. Afonso the illegitimate son of King João I and of D. Inês Pires Esteves and future Duke of Braganza. This marriage will entail the House of Braganza and become the reigning house of Portugal in 1640 and which will be linked over the centuries until today with the royal houses and Catholic principalities in Europe and Brazil .

Berto Correia from his mother's side is the heir of two branches of the Correia’s family, the Correia de Deus and Pinto Correia lines, the latter one in Madeira. One of his ancestors, D. João Correia Afonso was the son of D. Isabel Correia and Gonçalo Annes de Azevedo and was with João Gonçalves Zarco one of the first and principal settlers of Madeira island (1420) and gave rise to Majorats of the Houses of Ajuda, of São Martinho, Count of Torre, viscounts of Casa Branca, etc.

Education and career

Berto Correia de Sousa was educated at Externato Lisbonense and Francisco Franco secondary school in Madeira and after at Hochalpines Institut Ftan boarding school, later at Swiss Finance Institut in Geneva, Switzerland, and holds a Master degree in European Studies from Lisbon University. He is former employee at Banco Mello. Since 2010 he's the General Director Representative of the Millennium Portuguese Commercial Bank in Switzerland with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich. Millennium bcp is a Portuguese bank that was founded in 1985 and is the largest private bank in the country.

Ancestors

These are the known ancestors of Berto Correia de Sousa, going back five generations.

Family of Berto Correia de Sousa
16. José Sá
8. António Gomes de Sousa
17. D. Carolina Augusta d’Oliveira
4. João Gomes de Sousa
18. Vicente de Freitas
9. D. Constância Amélia DdOliveira
19. Maria de Jesus
2. João de Freitas Gomes de Sousa
20. José da Silva
10. Martinho de Freitas
21. Carlota Augusta da Silva
5. Ilda de Freitas Gomes de Sousa
22. D. António Correia
11. Maria do Rosário da Silva
23. D. Florinda Rita de Jesus
1. Berto Correia de Sousa
D. João Pinto Correia, Lord of House of Ajuda
12. João Correia de Deus
D. Maria Augusta de Freitas
6. D. Maria Amélia Correia
26. D. Manuel Francisco Pita
13. D. Maria Elvira de Jesus Correia
27. D. Maria da Conceição Marques
3. Berta Correia de Deus
14. D. Francisco Pinto Correia
7. Custódio Correia de Deus
15. D. Maria Emília Marques Pita Correia


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