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[D. JOSÉ I / D. MARIA I]. NOBREZA — Títulos, Precedências nos Tribunais e Mercês Régias. Portugal. c. 1759–1789. - [D. JOSÉ I / D. MARIA I] NOBREZA — Títulos, Precedências nos Tribunais e Mercês Régias . Portugal, c. 1759–1789. 5 diplomas régios. A collection of five decrees concerning the Portuguese aristocratic hierarchy: the forms of address due to titled individuals, precedence in royal courts, and the conditions of grants bestowed upon Crown property. The regulation of titles and precedence was a matter of great sensitivity in the society of the Old Regime, as it defined the position of each individual in public and institutional spaces, and was frequently the subject of disputes that required royal clarification. c. 1759 (D. José I) — Declares and expands the last Law of Treatments; a reference document on the forms of address due to nobles, ministers, and dignitaries according to their title and office. c. Nov 1786 (D. Maria I) — In the Royal Courts of the Court and Kingdom, Ministers holding the titles of Viscount or Baron take precedence over other Ministers without titles; only titles confirmed by royal decree are included. c. Nov 1786 (D. Maria I) — Persons decorated with the Title of Councillor take precedence in Royal Courts and Boards over those who do not have this Title; extension of the precedence already established for other titleholders. 9 Jan 1789 (Queen Maria I) — Declares that pensions are included in the grants of Crown property; establishes rules for payment and records the purposes of the pensions and the consequences of non-compliance. July 4, 1789 (Queen Maria I) — Declares that generic grants ”of life or lives” in Crown property do not include those of Baron, Viscount, Count, Marquis, or Duke; clarification of the scope of generic grants regarding titles. The collection documents the meticulous regulation of the noble hierarchy during the Marian period, revealing the Crown's care in precisely defining the privileges and order of precedence among the different degrees of titled and service nobility. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate