Barão de São Cosme

Baron São Cosme was a title in the Portuguese nobility created on 12th May 1835 by Queen Maria II of Portugal. The first holder was João Nepomuceno de Macedo, born in Chamusca (15th May 1793), brigadier general of the liberal constitutionalist army during the Liberal Wars, Knight Commander of the Order of Aviz and of the Order of the Tower and Sword.

The title passed to his granddaughter, daughter of his second son, João Nepmuceno de Macedo and his wife D. Maria do Carmo de Souza Girão (from Santarém, D.Josefa Henriqueta Girão de Macedo. She married on the 28th August 1889 D. António de Portugal, natural son, legitimated, of the 13th Conde de Vimioso. The 3rd Baron was D. Francisco de Paula Girão de Macedo de Portugal e Castro, by order of King Manuel II, in exile. The 4th Baron is D. António Pizarro de Mello Sampayo de Macedo de Portugal e Castro, son of the 3rd Baron. The heir apparent is his son D. Francisco de Paula de Macedo de Portugal e Castro, born 8h May 1958.

References

*"Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal", Lisboa 1985.
*"Nobreza de Portugal", Lisboa, 1961.