Marquis of Pombal
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The Marquis of Pombal was an 18th-century Portuguese statesman and reformer who effectively ruled Portugal as prime minister under King Joseph I, leading major administrative, economic, and urban modernization efforts after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
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human → nobleman → politician → prime minister → reformer → statesman → |
| birthDate | 1699-05-13 → |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Portugal
→
Lisbon → |
| burialPlace |
Church of Nossa Senhora da Mercês, Lisbon
→
Lisbon → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal → |
| deathDate | 1782-05-08 → |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of Portugal
→
Pombal → |
| education | University of Coimbra → |
| eventParticipatedIn | reconstruction of Lisbon after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake → |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomacy
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economic policy → politics → public administration → |
| implementedPolicy |
Pombaline building regulations in Lisbon
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creation of state-sponsored trading companies → limitation of noble and clerical privileges → reform of Portuguese colonial administration → reform of the University of Coimbra → |
| knownFor |
Pombaline reforms
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economic and administrative reforms in Portugal → enlightened absolutism policies → expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal → rebuilding Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake → strengthening royal absolutism in Portugal → |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese → |
| monarchServed | Joseph I of Portugal NERFINISHED → |
| name |
Marquis of Pombal
→
surface form: "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo"
|
| nobleFamily | Carvalho family → |
| notableWork | urban plan for downtown Lisbon (Baixa Pombalina) → |
| officeEnd | 1777 → |
| officeStart | 1750 → |
| positionHeld |
Prime Minister of Portugal
→
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and War → Secretary of State for Internal Affairs of the Kingdom → |
| religion | Roman Catholicism → |
| spouse |
Leonor Ernestina von Daun
→
Teresa de Noronha e Bourbon → |
| title |
Count of Oeiras
→
Marquis of Pombal → |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Marquês de Pombal"
this entity surface form: "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal"
this entity surface form: "Pombaline"
this entity surface form: "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal"
this entity surface form: "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo"
this entity surface form: "Marquês de Pombal"
this entity surface form: "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquês de Pombal"
this entity surface form: "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal"
this entity surface form: "Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo"