List of The Counts of Portalegre
- Diogo da Silva, 1st Count of Portalegre (1430- ? );
- João da Silva, 2nd Count of Portalegre (1480- ? ), son of the 1st count;
- Álvaro da Silva, 3rd Count of Portalegre (1505–1580), son of the 2nd count;
- Filipa da Silva, 4th Countess of Portalegre (1550–1590), granddaughter of the 3rd count; married to the Spanish ambassador Juan de Silva (1528–1601), Count of Salinas (in Spain), who became Count of Portalegre by marriage;
- Diogo da Silva, 5th Count of Portalegre (1579–1640), older son of the 4th counts;
- Manrique da Silva, 6th Count of Portalegre (1585- ? ), younger son of the 4th counts, became 1st Marquis of Gouveia in 1625;
- João da Silva, 7th Count of Portalegre (1625–1686), son of the previous count; also 2nd Marquis of Gouveia, died without issue.
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