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Viscount of Faria e Maia (Portuguese : Visconde de Faria e Maia) was a noble title, created by decree on 16 April 1891, by King Carlos I of Portugal, in favour of Francisco Machado de Faria e Maia, an important landowner and Azorean politician.
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Viscount of Faria e Maia (Portuguese : Visconde de Faria e Maia) was a noble title, created by decree on 16 April 1891, by King Carlos I of Portugal, in favour of Francisco Machado de Faria e Maia, an important landowner and Azorean politician.
After the implementation of the first Portuguese Republic, and fall of the monarchy, the noble titles were extinct, resulting in the transformation of these peerages to the status of pretenders (with the most recent titleholder Vicente Machado de Faria e Maia).
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Events in the year 1891 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1899 in Portugal.
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