Baron of Massarelos was a noble title created by Queen Maria II of Portugal, by decree of 21 May 1847, in favour of Joaquim Augusto Kopke Schwerin de Sousa."Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil", Direcção de Afonso Eduardo Martins Zúquete, Editorial Enciclopédia, 2.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1989, Volume Segundo, p. 727
Barons of Massarelos (1847)
Name Notes 1 Joaquim Augusto Kopke Schwerin de Sousa 1st Baron of Massarelos
Coat of arms A shield with a blue field, featuring three silver crescents arranged in a triangle and a star of the same metal in the centre.
Notes This article was initially translated, in whole or in part, from the Portuguese Wikipedia article titled “Barão de Massarelos”.
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