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Viscount of Pelotas

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Viscount of Pelotas
Coat of arms of José Correia da Câmara
Creation date12 October 1826
Created byPedro I of Brazil
PeeragePeerage of Brazil
First holderPatrício Correia da Câmara
Last holderJosé Correia da Câmara
StatusExtinct
Extinction date24 February 1891[a]
Seat(s)Pelotas

The title of Viscount of Pelotas (Portuguese: Visconde de Pelotas) was a Brazilian noble title granted by emperor Pedro I of Brazil to Patrício José Correia da Câmara by decree dated 12 October 1826.[1]

Titleholders

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Name Picture Birth Became Viscount Ceased to be Viscount Other titles Marriages
Patrício José Correia da Câmara [pt] 12 October 1744 12 October 1826[b] 28 May 1827 1st and only Baron of Pelotas Joaquina Leocádia da Fontoura
José Antônio Correia da Câmara 17 February 1824 17 March 1870 24 February 1891 Maria Rita Fernandes Pinheiro

Notes

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  1. ^ All Brazilian titles of nobility were abolished by the Brazilian Republican Constitution of 1891, issued on that date.
  2. ^ Prior to becoming Viscount, Patrício Correia da Câmara received the title of Baron of Pelotas a year earlier on 12 October 1825.

References

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  1. ^ de Vasconcelos, Rodolfo Smith (1918). "Archivo nobiliarchico brasileiro" [Brazilian Nobiliary Archive]. objdigital.bn.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). pp. 346–347. Retrieved 2023-06-13.