José Maria O'Neill
José Maria O'Neill, was the titular head of a branch of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century.
Life
He was the first-born son of the previous head Carlos O'Neill and wife Ana João Torlades.José Maria O'Neill was the Main Manager of the Casa Comercial Torlades, Consul-General of Denmark, Belgium and Greece in Lisbon, a Capitalist, a Commander of the Order of Christ and a Commander of the Royal Order of Our Lady of Concepcion of Vila Viçosa, etc., who also received Queen Maria II of Portugal and King Ferdinand II of Portugal in his House in his Farm of as Machadas, at the term of Setúbal, etc.
Marriage and issue
He married in Lisbon, São Paulo, 11 December 1824, thus legitimizing their already born children, to Ludovina de Jesus Alves Solano, daughter of António Alves Miguéis and wife Inácia Solano, of Spanish descent, and had ten children:- José Carlos O'Neill
- Carlota O'Neill, married Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 3 October 1836 as his first wife her first cousin Guilherme O'Neill de Roure, son of Guilherme de Roure and wife Carlota O'Neill, and had issue
- Jorge Torlades O'Neill I
- Ana O'Neill, married Lisbon, Encarnação, 8 October 1842 don Antonio Vinent y Vives, 1st Marquess of Vinent, in Spain, Senator of the Realm, etc., son of don José Vinent and wife doña Juana María Vives, and had issue
- Carlos Torlades O'Neill, married Lisbon, Encarnação, 4 November 1845 Adelaide Carolina Custance, daughter of Thomas Parsons Custance, an English subject, and first wife Antónia Eugénia Barbosa de Brito, and had three children:
- * Carlos Tomás O'Neill, married 1873 Maria Carlota Pereira de Eça Infante de Lacerda, daughter of José António Pereira de Eça and wife Maria da Conceição Infante de Lacerda, and had two children:
- ** Maria da Conceição Infante de Lacerda Pereira de Eça Custance O'Neill
- ** Carlos Torlades O'Neill, Merchant in Lisbon, where he lived single, Company Administrator, Member of the Administration Council of the Companhia de Seguros Previdente, married Laura Moreira, without issue
- * Adelaide O'Neill, unmarried and without issue
- * Ethelinda O'Neill, unmarried and without issue
- Ludovina Cecília O'Neill, married firstly Lisbon, Encarnação, 19 October 1843 as his second wife Thomas Custance, son of Thomas Parsons Custance, English subject, Protestant, and wife Antónia Eugénia Barbosa de Brito, without issue, and married secondly Lisbon, Santa Maria de Belém, 9 May 1855 Dom Caetano Maria José Baltasar de Paula de Portugal e Castro, son of Dom José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro, 5th Marquess of Valença, 12th Count of Vimioso, 27th Prime Minister of Portugal, and wife Dona Maria José de Almeida de Noronha, and had issue, four children
- Henrique O'Neill, 1st Viscount of Santa Mónica
- Joaquim Torlades O'Neill
- Maria da Glória O'Neill, married Lisbon, Encarnação, 9 September 1848 her first cousin João de Sampaio de Roure, son of João Pedro de Roure and wife Maria João O'Neill, and had issue
- Eduardo Torlades O'Neill, married his first cousin Efigénia Carolina Caffary, daughter of Patrício João Caffary and wife Maria Salomé O'Neill, and had five children:
- * Ida O'Neill, married her first cousin Roberto O'Neill de Roure, son of João de Sampaio de Roure and wife and first cousin Maria da Glória O'Neill, and had issue
- * Constantino O'Neill, unmarried and without issue
- * Alice O'Neill, unmarried and without issue
- * Beatriz O'Neill, unmarried and without issue
- * Branca O'Neill, unmarried and without issue
- Valentina O'Neill, unmarried and without issue
- Guilherme Torlades O'Neill, married Augusta Vicentina de Almeida e Mello, daughter of Jorge Octávio de Almeida Holtreman and wife Thereza de Mello Fayo, and had one child:
- * Pompeu de Almeida O'Neill, married Francisca Guilhermina de Almeida, and had issue.