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Baron of Aguiar

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Barony Aguiar
Coat of Arms of the Baron of Aguiar
Creation date17 June 1854
Created byRegent Ferdinand II of Portugal
in the name of Pedro V of Portugal
First holderSilvino Luís Teixeira de Aguiar e Vasconcelos, 1st Baron of Aguiar
StatusExtinct
Extinction date12 September 1862

Baron of Aguiar was a title created by King Pedro V of Portugal, by decree of 17 June 1854 and by Royal Charter of 19 July 1854, in favour of Silvino Luís Teixeira de Aguiar e Vasconcelos, a Knight Nobleman of the Royal Household, who served as a deputy, a Judge of the Supreme Council of Military Justice, and President of the Court of Appeal of Goa.[1][2]

The title became extinct in 12 September 1862 with the death, without issue, of the 1st holder.[3]

Barons of Aguiar (1854)

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  1. Silvino Luís Teixeira de Aguiar e Vasconcelos, 1st Baron of Aguiar.[1]

Coat of arms

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A quartered shield; in the first quarter, the arms of the Figueiredos — five fig leaves, veined and edged in gold, on a red field; in the second quarter, the arms of the Telles — a quartered shield, in the first quarter, a purple lion armed in blue on a silver field; in the second, a field of gold, alternating accordingly; in the third quarter, the arms of the Pachecos — on a field of gold, two black cauldrons banded with three fesses of gold and red, and at each junction of the handles four green serpent heads; and in the fourth quarter, the arms of the Moraes — a quarter parted per pale, on the first, on a red field, a silver tower roofed in gold, above a river of silver and blue, on the second, on a silver field, a green mulberry tree — Crest of the Figueiredos — two red lion’s arms in saltire, each holding a fig leaf in its claw.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil", Direcção de Afonso Eduardo Martins Zúquete, Editorial Enciclopédia, 2.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1989, Volume Segundo, p. 367
  2. ^ a b Albano Anthero da Silveira Pinto e Visconde de Sanches de Baena (1883). "Resenha das Famílias Titulares e Grandes de Portugal, Tomo I, página 10".
  3. ^ "AGUIAR, Silvino Luís Teixeira de Aguiar e Vasconcelos". Noticias do Douro (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-15.