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Rodrigo Delfim Pereira

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Rodrigo Delfim Pereira

Birth
Sao Jose do Vale do Rio Preto, Município de São José do Vale do Rio Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death
31 Jan 1891 (aged 67)
Santos-o-Velho, Lisboa Municipality, Lisboa, Portugal
Burial
Lisbon, Lisboa Municipality, Lisboa, Portugal Add to Map
Plot
2617
Memorial ID
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1st Lord of Quinta das Murtas. Brazilian-Portuguese diplomat and politician. He was a legitimised son of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his mistress and lover, Maria Benedita de Castro Canto e Melo, Baroness of Sorocaba. He was given the surnames (Delfim Pereira) of his mother's husband, Boaventura Delfim Pereira, Baron of Sorocaba, who had died in 1829. His father recognised him as his son in his will and gave him a part of his inheritance.
1st Lord of Quinta das Murtas. Brazilian-Portuguese diplomat and politician. He was a legitimised son of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his mistress and lover, Maria Benedita de Castro Canto e Melo, Baroness of Sorocaba. He was given the surnames (Delfim Pereira) of his mother's husband, Boaventura Delfim Pereira, Baron of Sorocaba, who had died in 1829. His father recognised him as his son in his will and gave him a part of his inheritance.


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