A busca de nobilitação por um militar e administrador colonial português: Gonçalo Lourenço Botelho de Castro – estudo de caso

Abstract

The article discusses the gentrification strategies of Gonçalo Lourenço Botelho de Castro, military and governor of Piauí captaincy (1769-1775), in Brazil, from their social origin, professional experiences and insertion in power and kinship networks in Portuguese Court. Through this case study, it is intended to demonstrate how a military who described a similar career to that of so many others took advantage of social reproduction strategies (the legacy of family services and, above all, his marriage and kinship ties arising), and thus obtained successive promotions and became a nobleman with the coat of arms.