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Chapter 3 traces the turbulent careers of Dom Jorge Mascarenhas, Marquês de Montalvão, and his kinsman Dom Vasco Mascarenhas, later Conde de Óbidos. Through service, ambition, and strategic marriages, both rose to high imperial offices in Brazil, India, and Portugal, navigating shifting loyalties between Habsburg Spain and Bragança Portugal. Their trajectories reveal the precarious rewards of empire—honours, wealth, and titles constantly shadowed by political intrigue, military failure, and imprisonment—illustrating how noble families leveraged kinship and royal favour amid the volatile struggles of the seventeenth century.

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The Struggle of Empire in the Seventeenth Century: From India to Brazil—Reward Before Service

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    2026年

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  • Lorraine White,
  • Teddy Y.H. Sim

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Chapter 3 traces the turbulent careers of Dom Jorge Mascarenhas, Marquês de Montalvão, and his kinsman Dom Vasco Mascarenhas, later Conde de Óbidos. Through service, ambition, and strategic marriages, both rose to high imperial offices in Brazil, India, and Portugal, navigating shifting loyalties between Habsburg Spain and Bragança Portugal. Their trajectories reveal the precarious rewards of empire—honours, wealth, and titles constantly shadowed by political intrigue, military failure, and imprisonment—illustrating how noble families leveraged kinship and royal favour amid the volatile struggles of the seventeenth century.