Viscount of Balsemão


The noble title of Viscount of Balsemão, granted in perpetuity and with Honours of Grandeeship, was created by the Prince Regent, Dom João, in the name of his mother, Queen Maria I of Portugal, by Decree of 14 August 1801, in favour of Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho.

History

As Viscounts with Grandeeship, the Viscounts of Balsemão are entitled to bear the heraldic coronet of a Count.
The Palacete of the Viscounts of Balsemão, commissioned in the mid-18th century by the nobleman José Brandão Godinho Perestrello Pereira de Azevedo, came into the possession of the Balsemão family through the marriage of his daughter to her cousin, Luís Máximo Alfredo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, the second Viscount of Balsemão.

Viscounts of Balsemão ([1801])

#NameDatesTitleNotes
1Luis Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1735—18041st Viscount of BalsemãoCreated Viscount by Royal Decree
2Luis Máximo Alfredo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1774—18322nd Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 1st Viscount of Balsemão
3Luis José Alexandre Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1800—18523rd Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 2nd Viscount of Balsemão; Died without issue
4Vasco Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1802—18624th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 2nd Viscount of Balsemão; Brother of the 3rd Viscount of Balsemão
5Luis Alexandre Alfredo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1839—19195th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 4th Viscount of Balsemão

Claimants post-Monarchy

#NameDatesTitleNotes
6Vasco Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1868—19316th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 5th Viscount of Balsemão
7Luis Maria Perestrelo Pinto de Sousa Coutinho1915—19767th Viscount of BalsemãoSon of the 6th Viscount of Balsemão
8Vasco Pinto de Sousa Coutinhob. 19438th Viscount of BalsemãoCurrent claimant