- Jorge Torlades O'Neill I
Jorge Torlades O'Neill (
Lisbon , Encarnação,December 15 ,1817 (registered in 1825) –November 18 ,1890 ), was the titular head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been inPortugal since the 18th century. He was the second son who became the sucessor of previous headJosé Maria O'Neill and wife Ludovina de Jesus AlvesSolano , succeeding his older brotherJosé Carlos O'Neill , who died unmarried and without issue. He was also the Representative of the title ofViscount of Santa Mónica, inPortugal , after the death of his younger brotherHenrique O'Neill, 1st Viscount of Santa Mónica unmarried and without issue.Career
He was the Main
Manager of the "Casa Comercial Torlades", Consul-General ofDenmark ,Belgium andGreece inLisbon ,Knight and Commander of the Order of Christ, andKnight and Commander of the Order of Our Lady of the Concepcion of Vila Viçosa, Commander of theOrder of the Dannebrog ofDenmark ,Officer of the Order of Leopold ofBelgium and of theOrder of the Redeemer ofGreece ,Knight of theOrder of the Rose ofBrazil , etc, and a personal friend ofKing Ferdinand II of Portugal . He metHans Christian Andersen during his visit toPortugal . ["Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal", III, 2006, Tomo III, pg. 1.393 and 1.397] ["Costados", Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 75] ["Sangue Velho Sangue Novo", Manuel de Melo Correia, Instituto Português de Heráldica, 1.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1988, N.º 35 e N.º 146]Marriage
He married in
Lisbon , Encarnação, onJune 20 ,1846 to his first cousin Carolina Teresa O'Neill (Porto , Vitória,January 5 ,1822 –Lisbon ,November 11 ,1893 /1913), daughter of Joaquim Maria Torlades O'Neill and wife Joana Carolina de Brito e Cunha, and had issue, two sons.Descendants
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Jorge Torlades O'Neill II
* Artur Torlades O'Neill (Lisbon , São Sebastião da Pedreira,December 15 ,1851 –November 9 ,1880 ), married to Maria da Glória de Brito de Carvalho Gorjão, daughter of Francisco Gorjão and wife ... de Brito de Carvalho, without issueReferences
ee also
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Irish nobility
*Irish kings
*Irish royal families
*O'Neill (surname)
*Uí Néill , the Irish Dynasty
*Ó Neill Dynasty Today
*O'Neill of Clannaboy External links
* [http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=34305 Jorge Torlades O'Neill's Genealogy in a Portuguese Genealogical site]
* [http://www.geocities.com/seanachie28/oneill.html O'Neill Genealogy]
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