Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre
Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre was an army officer, politician, abolitionist and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Born into a wealthy family of military background, he joined the Portuguese Army in Brazil in 1817 when he was little more than a child. His military initiation occurred in the conquest of the Banda Oriental, which was annexed...
