In Pursuit of Honor and Power: Noblemen of the Southern Cross in Nineteenth-century Brazil

agrarian clans Albuquerque Antônio Araújo aristocratic Arquivo Baependi Bahia Barão do Rio Baronesa Barros Batismos became Braganza Brazil Brazilian brother Campos Cantagalo Carapebus Carneiro Carvalho Cavalcanti coffee planter colonial Conde Costa Cotegipe council court Crown daughter deputies DG/GSU Documentos Biográficos economic elite emperor empire Engenho ennobled Fazenda Ferreira Francisco gentry Goiás heirs Historia do café honors House of Braganza imperial império Inventário João João VI Joaquim José land landowners Liberal Lima major mandarins Manuel Maria Marquês Marquês de Valença marriage married merchants Minas Gerais monarchy Município nineteenth century nobiliary nobility nobles Nogueira da Gama Paraíba do Sul Paraíba Valley patrimonial Paulista Paulo Pedro percent Pereira Pernambuco Pindamonhangaba Pinto plantations political politicians Portugal Portuguese Prado prime minister provincial president regional Registro Rio de Janeiro Rio province Salvador Santa Santo Amaro São Paulo senator Silva slaves social SPE/ANRJ sugar Taunay titles urban Valença Vasconcellos Vassouras Vergueiro Visconde Viscondessa wealth