1. Remexido, the nickname of Jose Joaquim de Sousa Reis, was a civil servant and wealthy heir and land tenant who became a notorious guerrilla leader of the Algarve in Portugal, defending the rights of king Miguel to the Portuguese throne and the antiliberal absolute monarchy in the Kingdom of Portugal.
Remexido was accused of several crimes, which made him famous and feared by then, although some studies suggest Remechido did not commit them at all or in part.
Remexido was the son of Joaquim Jose dos Reis and wife Clara Maria do Carmo da Rocha, both born in Estombar, in the municipality of Lagoa, and died before a firing squad at the Campo da Trindade in Faro on 2 August 1838.
Remexido served as a supporter of the absolutist status quo personified by Miguel of Portugal under General Tomas Cabreira at the Battle of Sant'Ana, during the Liberal Wars.
Remexido took refuge in the mountains of the Algarve supported by some mountain people in and around Sao Marcos da Serra, in Silves Municipality.
Remexido was captured and brought for judgment before the Council of War.
Remexido was given the surname "de Sousa" by his godfather Reverend Jose Joaquim de Sousa, a priest.
Remexido made improvements for the village of Sao Bartolomeu de Messines, like a public elementary school, a community oven and a free fair in honour of Nossa Senhora da Saude, which still takes place today.
The taking of Albufeira on July 26,1833, at the time a liberal settlement, is an example of the slaughter and looting perpetrated by the antiliberal absolutist faction under the leadership of Remexido, causing about seven dozen victims among its civil population.
Remexido was married in Sao Bartolomeu de Messines, in the municipality of Silves, on 26 July 1818 to Maria Clara Machado de Bastos, born in Paderne, in the municipality of Albufeira, daughter of Manuel Baptista Machado and wife Ines Inacia de Bastos, and had issue:.