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Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, since 1759 Conde de Oeiras, since 1769 Marques de Pombal, 13 May 1699, 8 May 1782, was First Minister of Portugal during the reign of King Joseph I in 1756 and the most important Portuguese statesman of the 18th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original