Martinho Maria Teixeira Homem de Brederode de Cunha: descendent of the portuguese de Brederode and de Cunha families: biographical landmarks

Abstract

Our archival research dating from the time the doctoral thesis was written (2004-2010) have allowed us to outline, along with the Romanian- Portuguese diplomatic relationships of the interbellum era the controversial personality of the Portuguese diplomat Martinho Teixeria Homem de Brederode, count of Cunha. Investigating his diplomatic reports and correspondence has created the favorable setting for deducing important elements of his biography, which then helped us understand the complex personality of the career diplomat and his political thinking in an international, but also national, Romanian context. The present paper aims at putting together a short biography in order to know his character, personality, family, intellectual background and the social medium where he has developed to be a political man and a High secretary of the interbellum Portuguese state.