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José Luis de Sousa

Portuguese diplomat

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ18276333 ↗
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Dom José Luís de Sousa Botelho Mourão e Vasconcelos, 1st Count of Vila Real ComTE • GCA (Lisbon, 9 February 1785 — Saint Petersburg, 26 September 1855), known before receiving the comital title as D. José Luís de Sousa, was a Portuguese nobleman, military officer, diplomat, and politician. He was a Peer of the Realm, a Councillor of State, and served several times as a minister. He was also morgado of Mateus, Cumeeira, Sabrosa, Arroios, Moraleiros, and Fontelas.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “José Luis de Sousa” is portuguese diplomat. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through José, Luis and Sousa, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1785, 1855—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1785-02-09. For this dossier, José, Luis and Sousa is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “José Luis de Sousa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.