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Also Known As Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de Pombal • conde de Oeiras • Sebastien Pombal • Sebastião José de Carvalho e Mello, marquês de Pombal
Born May 13, 1699 • Lisbon • Portugal
Died May 8, 1782 (aged 82) • Portugal
Role In Conspiracy of the Távoras

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