Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar

Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar (Fortaleza, December 5, 1832 – March 25, 1921)[1] was a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, who served as the ambassador of Brazil in many occasions.[2] He was the son of famous politician José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar,[3] and the younger brother of famous novelist José de Alencar.[4]

Condecorated with the Military Order of Christ, the Order of Isabella the Catholic, the Order of the Rose and the Order of Christ, he was a member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute and received the title of Baron of Alencar in 1885,[5] in a post that would last until the proclamation of Republic in Brazil, in 1889, when all the titles of nobility in Brazil were abolished.

References
  1. Alencar - Origem.biz
  2. Luciara Silveira de Aragão e Frota. "History of the regional foreign policy of the Brazilian Empire". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
  3. Genealogy of the Baron of Alencar
  4. Alencar family
  5. Barões de Alencar


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