Família Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque

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Country: BR
Name of institution (English): National Archive (Rio de Janeiro)
Name of institution (official language of the state): Arquivo Nacional (Rio de Janeiro)
Language of name of institution: por
Contact information: postal address: Praça da República 173, 20211-350 Rio de Janeiro
Contact information: phone number: 0055 (21)3952-4300; 0055 (61) 3774-3700
Contact information: web address: https://www.gov.br/arquivonacional/pt-br
Contact information: email: Contact form
Reference number: DJ
Type of reference number: Archival reference number
Title (English): Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque family
Title (official language of the state): Família Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque
Language of title: por
Creator / accumulator: Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque family
Date(s): 1689/1945
Language(s): por
Extent: 2.04 linear metres (textual material), 1 storage unit (cartography) and 6 storage units (photography)
Type of material: Cartographic Material; Photographic Images; Textual Material
Scope and content: The Família Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque collection comprises documentation related to this family of wealthy sugar traders and manufacturers, influential politicians and magistrates established in Bahia. The Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque family originated from a combination of three families. The members of the Albuquerque family were New Christians with Jewish ancestry.
Some New Christians created wealth and acquired prestige in colonial societies through marriages with influential families. The history of this family provides an example of those success stories.
Archival history: Luís Antônio Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque donated the collection in 2003. Its description is still in development.; (source: Dibrarq)
Administrative / Biographical history: The union of the Pires, Carvalho and Albuquerque families began with Colonel José Pires de Carvalho (c.1664-1779), son of Colonel Domingos Pires de Carvalho (1639-1708), who left numerous descendants from his marriage to Teresa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque. His descendants included José Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque (1701-1774), jurisconsult, "secretário geral de Estado e procurador da Fazenda Real" (Secretary of State and Attorney for the Royal Treasury); and his grandsons José Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque (1756-?), intendant of the Navy and also "secretário geral de Estado e procurador da Fazenda Real", and Antônio Joaquim Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque (1766-1813), militia colonel of the Torre de Garcia d'Ávila (Mata de São João, Bahia). Several descendants of this family kept important positions in Colonial, Imperial, and Republican Brazil.; (source: Dibrarq)
Access points: locations: Salvador (Brazil)
Access points: persons, families: Albuquerque; Pires de Carvalho e Albuquerque
Access points: subject terms: Sephardim and New Christians in Brazil; Colonial officers; Networks; New Christians; Royal offices; 17th century; 18th century
Access points: document types: Family papers
Access, restrictions: The collection is subject to some restrictions, as the process of organisation and description is still in development.
Links to finding aids: Dibrarq
Author of the description: Kevin Soares, 2023

Item sets: WSD Roadmap; WSD Roadmap finais; WSD Roadmap Brazil

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