About Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho
Lived 1755 – 1812 (aged 56). Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho was a politician and diplomat.
Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho, 1st Count of Linhares (4 August 1755 – 26 January 1812) was a Portuguese nobleman and politician.
Life Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho was born in Chaves on 4 August 1755 to Francisco Inocêncio de Sousa Coutinho, Governor-General of Angola, and Ana Luísa Joaquina Teixeira da Silva de Andrade.
He attended the Royal College of Nobles and legal course at Coimbra University. He began his diplomatic career after the death of King Joseph I of Portugal in 1777 as envoy to the court at Turin.
With the transfer of the Portuguese Court to Portuguese Colonial Brazil he again became a government official.
He died in Rio de Janeiro on 26 January 1812.
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Who was Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho?
Portuguese count
When was Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho born?
Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho was born on 4 August 1755 in Chaves.
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Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho died on 26 January 1812 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho was a politician and diplomat.
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Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Portugal.
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