The “Andrada Dynasty” in Brazil still is alive and well.
Ricardo C. Amaral is a member of the two most politically influential families in Brazilian history the “Andrada Family” and the “Souza Queiroz” – The “Andrada Dynasty” in Brazil still is alive and well, and in the last 200 years we had more than 50 members of our family who were Regent of Brazil, Prime Ministers, Finance Ministers, Secretary of various branches of government, state Governors, Mayors, Attorney General, various Ambassadors, and so on. And today one of the branches of the “Andrada Family” still very active and influential, and various members are from Deputado Federal, to Mayors and so on…
Regent of Brazil: Senator Nicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro
When Dom Pedro I abdicated the Brazilian crown on April 7, 1831, in favor of his five-year old son, the future Dom Pedro II, based on the 1824 Constitution, congress had to elect three people to the provisory regency that lasted from April 1831 to September 1832 and one of the regents was Senador Nicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro. When congress elected the permanent regents in 1832, Senator Vergueiro asked congress to not include him as one of the regents. He still was a senator and also a Finance Minister of the empire. He was elected deputado for São Paulo in 1835, and president of the assembly of deputados (1835-1837). He was Vice-President of the São Paulo province (1835-1836).
Francisco Antonio de Souza Queiroz married Antonia Eufrosina Campos Vergueiro de Souza Queiroz, a daughter of Nicolau Pereira de Campos Vergueiro, a Senator, and D. Maria Angelica de Vasconcelos de Campos Vergueiro - (Senator Vergueiro, was one of my grandmother's great/grandfathers).
