|
António José de Ávila (7 November 1842, Horta – 18 March 1917, Lisbon), was a military officer, politician, member of the Portuguese nobility (made Marquis of Ávila, following the death of his illustrious uncle) and benemerit. ==Biography== António José was born on the island of Faial to Manuel José de Ávila (brother of the Duke of Ávila) and D. Maria Leonor de Almeida e Silva.〔Ribeiro (2007), p. 78〕 Simultaneously with his military career at the Military School, he completed his studies at the University of Coimbra, obtaining a bachelors in Mathematics.〔 After initiating his studies in the officer's program, he was promoted to alferes in 1868 and scaled, throughout his life, the military hierarchy: lieutenant (1870), captain (1873), major (1884), lieutenant-colonel (1890), colonel (1893) and brigade general (1906), where he eventually passed into the reserves in 1909. During this career, as lieutenant he became a functionary in the Ministry of Public Works ((ポルトガル語:Ministério das Obras Públicas)), where he held the post of exam jurist in the Civil Engineering course.〔 At several times during this career he represented Portugal in the foreign conventions, and held the post of Director General of Geodesey (1901–1912).〔 He married D. Maria Leonor de Assis Mascarenhas, daughter of General Carlos de Mascarenhas, brother of the Marquis of Fronteira.〔 He inherited from his uncle the title of Count of Ávila (25 January 1890) and 2nd Marquess de Ávila (31 December 1903).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「António José de Ávila, 2nd Marquis of Ávila and Bolama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|