Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real, 1st Count of Subserra

Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real, 1st Count of Subserra (Angra do Heroismo; 3 July 1760 - Elvas; 16 October 1832) was a Portuguese nobleman and politician.

Manuel Martins Pamplona Corte Real
Count of Subserra
Count of Subserra
Full name
Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real
Born3 July 1760
Angra do Heroismo, Portuguese Empire
Died16 October 1832
Elvas, Kingdom of Portugal
Noble familyCorte Real
Spouse(s)Isabel Antónia do Carmo de Roxas e Lemos Carvalho e Menezes
FatherAndré Diogo Martins Pamplona Corte Real
MotherJosefa Jacinta Merens de Távora

Life

Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real was born in Angra do Heroismo on July 3, 1760 to André Diogo Martins Pamplona Corte Real and Josefa Jacinta Merens de Távora.

He began his military career as a cadet in the Cavalry Regiment of Santarém.

Pamplona Corte Real was a freemason showed sympathy for the ideals of the French Revolution, after adhering to the liberal movement, though always in the militant wing conservative.

In June 1828, he was arrested by the express order of King Miguel I of Portugal and held incommunicado at Belém Tower. He was later moved and imprisoned at Graça Fort in Elvas. It was in that prison that he later died on 16 October 1832.

After the end of the Portuguese Civil War, his remains were moved to the Chapel of Santa Catarina at Biscoitos.

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