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João de Almeida, Count of Assumar (26 Jan 1663 - 26 Dec 1733)

Alias Count of Assumar [Alias]

Second count of Assumar and and Marquis of Alorna Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_Almeida_Portugal Other Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Assumar - Relevant locations: Lived at or near Lisbon, Portugal
Owned garden of the Count of Assumar, Lisbon
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 760. Coral arbor exotica non spinosa, Lauri folio. Crista di Gallo Lusit. My curious Friend Mr. Jezreel Jones sent me several Specimens of this in Flower, which he gathered in the Count d'Azouma's Gardon at Lisbon.