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664 Belmont Belmonte

He was consul-general

New York

for Austria in

name

city

of the city

and to transmit

it

to his posterity.

Don lago married Andria Mascarenhas. Of his five sons, the one called Bartholomeu Sampayo Belmonte (b. 1525), who married Anna Lancastre, In 1522

and resigned on account of his disapproval of the treatment of Hungary by Austria. In 1853, he was appointed United States charge d'affaires at The Hague, where he was minWhile holding ister resident from 1855 to 1858 this appointment, he negotiated an important consular convention and rendered other diplomatic services for which he received special thanks from the

from 1844

664

THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA

to 1850,

sent in 1551 on a political mission to the Nethwhere he changed his name to " Van Scho-

was

erlands,

nenberg." The family history shows that some of the members returned to the Jewish fold, while others remained Catholics (neo-Christians). A number occupied influential positions in the diplomatic world, while others were prominent in the Amsterdam

In 1860 he was United States State Department. chosen chairman of the Democratic national commitHe was tee, serving until 1872, when he resigned.

Belmonte Family. (m. Andria Mascarenhas, 1523)

Don lago y Sampayo (Belmonte) Bartholomeu Sampayo B.

lago Antonio de Schonenberg

(b.

1525

Aurello (Joseph) de

(b. 1551)



m. Anna Lancastre)

S. (b.

Guido (Emanuel) de

1558)

S. (b. 1560)

I

Bartholomeu Farro de Schonenberg

(b. 1582) I

I

Anflree B.

Pedro de

S. (b. 1603)

I

Emanuel B.

Rachel

(d. 1704)

(m. Diego Ximenes)

I

Doha

Barthol. (Abraham) de S. (b. 1630; m. 1651 Violante Carvalho [Sarah])

Sarah Ximenes B. (m. Isaac Levi Ximenes) I

Gracia Ximenes B. (m. Moses Samuel Curiel, alias Jeron. Nunez da Costa) I

Pedro (Jacob) de

Francois de

S.

(b. 1653)

Elvira (Rachel) de S.

S.

Violante Curiel

(b. 1655)

(b. 1653)

(b.

1727

m. Mord. Franco Mendes)

Solomon

(b.

1675



m. Rachel da Costa)

Jacob B. Schonenberg

(b.

1726

5 other sons

Esther Franco Mendes)

married 1756



!

Jacob B. [Francois Ridder van Schonenberg]

Hannah

(b.

1757



m. Simhah da Costa)

(m. 1800 Isaac da Costa)

II.

Jacob Belmonte (1570-1630



m. Simhah [Gimar Vaz])

I

I

Sarah (1608-1632

I

David (b. 1612 m. Esther Rachoa)

Rachel (1610-81

m. Abraham Querido)

m. Aaron Querido)

Joseph

(b. 1614

m. Sarah Vaz de Oliveyra)

Solomon (1621-64 m. Rachel da Fonseca)

4 other children

I

Abraham

Jacob B. (b. 1635 m. Gracia Ergas

Simhah

Q.

(1647-76; m. Deborah da Fonseca)

(1645-1704;

m.

Simhah

David B. (b.

Abraham da Fonseca)

1657

m. Rachel Gaon)

(b.

1656;

m. Abr. Escapa)

I

m. Rachel de

Angela (b. 1671 m. Aaron

Deborah (b. 1674 m. Joseph

Lapara)

Pereyra)

Pereyra)

Isaac de F.

(b.

1669

a delegate from New York to every Democratic national convention from 1860 to 1884. Belmont was widely known as a patron of art, and he possessed one of the finest collections of paintings in New York. He was president of the American Jockey Club, and did much for thoroughbred racing. Bibliography: Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Biography; International Cyclopcedia.

M.

6.

BELMONTE

W.

L.

Portuguese Dutch Marano family which traced its descent from Don lago y Sampayo, to whom in 1519 King Manuel of Portugal gave the city of Belmonte, allowing him to take the



Aaron (b. 1675 m. Judica Abarbanel Zousa)

Daniel (b. 1677; m. Esther Franco Mendes)

Sarah (b. 1682 m. Abraham Franco Mendes)

5 other children

Jewish community. The great-grandson of Bartholomeu, Pedro de Schonenberg, returned to the Jewish faith; taking the name of Abraham, and his wife that of Sarah. The name of his son Pedro was changed to Jacob, and that of his daughter Elvira to Rachel. A third son, Francois de Schonenberg, was brought up as a Catholic by relatives in Madrid; and in 1709 was made a marquis of Brabant. A son of Pedro, Solomon (b. 1675), married Rachel, the daughter of Abraham da Costa. Their son, Jacob Belmonte, married Esther Franco Mendes, who had issue, Jacob Belmonte, alias Francois Ridder van Schonenberg (b. 1757). His daughter,