Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquis of Sá da Bandeira

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo, 1st Marquess de Sá da Bandeira (26 September 1795, in Santarém – 6 January 1876, in Lisbon)[1] was a Portuguese nobleman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Portugal for five times. He was the most prominent Portuguese defender of the abolition of slavery in Portugal and its domains.[2]

Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo
Photograph of the Marquês de Sá da Bandeira, c. 1870s
Marquis Sá da Bandeira
President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Portugal
In office
29 August 1870 – 29 October 1870
MonarchLuís I of Portugal
Preceded byJoão Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun
Succeeded byAntónio José de Ávila
In office
22 July 1868 – 11 August 1869
MonarchLuís I of Portugal
Preceded byAntónio José de Ávila
Succeeded byNuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto
In office
17 April 1865 – 4 September 1865
MonarchLuís I of Portugal
Preceded byNuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto
Succeeded byJoaquim António de Aguiar
In office
10 August 1837 – 18 April 1839
MonarchMaria II of Portugal
Preceded byAntónio Dias de Oliveira
Succeeded byRodrigo Pinto Pizarro
In office
5 November 1836 – 2 June 1837
MonarchMaria II of Portugal
Preceded byJosé Bernardino de Portugal e Castro
Succeeded byAntónio Dias de Oliveira
Personal details
Born26 September 1795
Santarém, Kingdom of Portugal
Died6 January 1876 (aged 80)
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
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Life
Bust of Sá da Bandeira in Mindelo, Cape Verde

Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo was born in Santarém in 1795 to Faustino José Lopes Nogueira de Figueiredo e Silva (1767–1830) and Francisca Xavier de Sá Mendonça Cabral da Cunha Godinho (1772–1829).[1] Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo supported the liberal party during the Liberal Wars (1828–1834), and took part in the landing at Mindelo in July 1832.[1] He fought in the Siege of Porto and was wounded in his right arm, which had to be amputated.

Sá da Bandeira was Minister of the Navy in the government of José Jorge Loureiro (1835–36).[2] He was Prime Minister of Portugal for five terms:

  • 5 November 1836 – 1 June 1837[3]
  • 10 August 1837 – 18 April 1839[4]
  • 17 April 1865 – 5 September 1865[5]
  • 22 July 1868 – 11 August 1869[6]
  • 29 August – 29 October 1870[7]

He never married but he had a legitimised daughter born out of wedlock, named Luísa Aglaé Fanny de Sá Nogueira, who married her cousin Faustino de Paiva de Sá Nogueira.[1] The city of Lubango, Angola, was called Sá de Bandeira when the Angolan territory was under Portuguese rule.

On 4 April 1833, he was created Baron of Sá da Bandeira , on 1 December 1834, he was created Visconde de Sá da Bandeira and on 3 February 1864, he was created Marquês de Sá da Bandeira.[1] He was also a freemason.

See also

References
  1. Albano da Silveira Pinto (1883). "Resenha das Familias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal – Tomo II". pp. 460–64.
  2. Governo de José Jorge Loureiro (1835–1836), politipedia.pt
  3. Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1836–1837), politipedia.pt
  4. Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1837–1839), politipedia.pt
  5. Governos da Monarquia Liberal, politipedia.pt
  6. Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1868–1869), politipedia.pt
  7. Governo de Sá da Bandeira (1870), politipedia.pt


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