Pedro Henrique de Bragança e Ligne de Sousa Tavares Mascarenhas da Silva, 1st Duke of Lafões, was a Portuguese aristocrat, visionary and intellectualist of the 18th century who served as a magistrate in the role of Regent of Justice in the courts of King João V of Portugal and José I of Portugal. Profoundly religious, the 1st Duke of Lafões was also the driving force and artistic vision behind Grilo Palace. This fact is closely related to being one of the strongest pretenders to the hand of the future Queen Maria I of Portugal, who would ultimately marry her uncle Pedro III. Pedro Henrique became fatally ill a few months after the massive 1755 Lisbon earthquake, presumably due to his tireless efforts to rebuild the city, having been regularly seen carrying shovels, hoes, and lifeless bodies.
He was firstly buried in the Convent of Santa Catarina de Ribamar and later moved to the Grilo Palace Chapel.
He was firstly buried in the Convent of Santa Catarina de Ribamar and later moved to the Grilo Palace Chapel.
Pedro Henrique de Bragança e Ligne de Sousa Tavares Mascarenhas da Silva, 1st Duke of Lafões, was a Portuguese aristocrat, visionary and intellectualist of the 18th century who served as a magistrate in the role of Regent of Justice in the courts of King João V of Portugal and José I of Portugal. Profoundly religious, the 1st Duke of Lafões was also the driving force and artistic vision behind Grilo Palace. This fact is closely related to being one of the strongest pretenders to the hand of the future Queen Maria I of Portugal, who would ultimately marry her uncle Pedro III. Pedro Henrique became fatally ill a few months after the massive 1755 Lisbon earthquake, presumably due to his tireless efforts to rebuild the city, having been regularly seen carrying shovels, hoes, and lifeless bodies.
He was firstly buried in the Convent of Santa Catarina de Ribamar and later moved to the Grilo Palace Chapel.
He was firstly buried in the Convent of Santa Catarina de Ribamar and later moved to the Grilo Palace Chapel.
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