page_title: Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Arms of the House of Vilas Boas
context_page_description: Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes. ComTE, CvC, CvA, OSE was a Portuguese colonial administrator and a military personnel, he was also Chief of Staff during the 31 January 1891 republican revolution.
context_section_description: He was born in Freixo de Baixo in Amarante. He was son of the heir José de Magalhães e Meneses de Vilas-Boas e Sampaio Barbosa, head of the Vilas Boas family of Barcelos and Magalhães e Meneses of Amarante. His father was bestowed by Miguel I, exiled with the title Count of Alvelos, which Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes did not used, and up to the death of his brother Francisco, he appointed the house of D. Miguel, which for the reason claimed the title for his brother that served under the constitutional monarchy. Fernando de Magalhães was the last senior of the links to the Magalhães e Meneses, noble family of Amarante, in which its goods were brought for the payments.  He was the owner of Paço dos Vilas Boas in Barcelos.
caption: Coat of Arms of Vilas Boas
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