[7] Afonso de Ornelas, in his research on the family, who: "around the Azores, in function of the role of deputy of the Estates-General, when the first French peninsular invasion,...he was a patriotic wind, that the Almadas was an authentic symbol when the independence of the country was in danger...going as far as revolting against local interest who wanted to thank Napoleon for his reception of Portuguese deputies who had gone to compliment Bayonne, who had requested that one of the princes return to Portugal to act as regent.

[7] During his tenure he accomplished many measures in the public good, that included the creation of mathematics classes in the Castle of São João Baptista, that would become the embryo for the Military Academy.

Her death had a destabilizing effect on the Count, whose moderating style was abandoned and he began abusing his powers, resulting in his substitution in 1804.

[7] In October 1804, or 1805, with the arrival of his successor, he departed for Lisbon,[10] possibly on the illustrious brigantine, called Conde de Almada, that years earlier had brought a vaccine to protect against the smallpox.

He was buried on the following day below the altar of Nossa Senhora das Dores, in the Convent of Graça, in the family crypt[11] (occupied by his descendants since Lopo Soares de Alvarenga.