List of Famous people with last name Pombal

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal

First Name Sebastião

Born on May 13, 1699

Died on May 8, 1782 (aged 82)

Born in Portugal, Lisbon

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras, known as the Marquis of Pombal, was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Portuguese Empire from 1750 to 1777 as chief minister to King Joseph I. A liberal reformer influenced by the Age of Enlightenment, Pombal led Portugal's recovery from the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and modernized the kingdom's administrative, economic, and ecclesiastical institutions. During his lengthy ministerial career, Pombal accumulated and exercised autocratic power.

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