page_title: Duke of Terceira
section_title: The first duke
hierarchical_section_title: Duke of Terceira / The first duke
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of the 1st Duke of Terceira (António José Severim de Noronha) near the Cais do Sodré train station, Lisbon, Portugal.
context_page_description: The title duke of Terceira, de juro e herdade was created by decree of King Pedro IV of Portugal, on 8 November 1832. António José de Souza Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha, 7th Count of Vila Flor, de juro e herdade, and 1st Marquis of Vila Flor, was the first holder of the title.
context_section_description: The 1st Duke of Terceira (1792–1860) descended from Sancho Manoel de Vilhena, the 1st Count of Vila-Flor and Marshal of the Portuguese Army during the Portuguese Restoration War against Spain, winner (together with António Luís de Meneses, 1st Marquis of Marialva) of the battles of Linhas de Elvas, Montes Claros and the Ameixial. He was also appointed Viceroy of Brazil.
  Hero of the Liberal Wars, the 7th Count of Vila-Flor received the highest aristocratic title, duke, as well as the profound honor of being named Marshal of the army, honors he received because of the resistance he led on Terceira against the Miguelist forces. After conquering Porto, he led the liberal forces into Lisbon, on 24 July 1833. He won the Battle of Asseiceira, which put an end to the civil war, and he signed the peace treaty (Concession of Evoramonte) on behalf of King Pedro IV of Portugal.
  After the war he was four times, briefly, Prime Minister of Portugal, namely:
  from April to September, 1836;
  In April and May, 1851; and
  from March 1859 until his death, on 26 April 1860.
caption: Statue of the 1st Duke of Terceira in Lisbon
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