Count of Viana (do Alentejo) was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. João Afonso Telo, who was the second son of João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos[1] and a cousin of Queen Leonor Teles, by King Ferdinand I of Portugal pursuant to a royal decree dated 19 March 1373.
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The first count belonged to one of the most powerful families among the Portuguese nobility and even though he supported Beatrice of Portugal's party during the 1383-1385 Crisis, the county of Viana (do Alentejo) was inherited by his descendants.
List of the Counts of Viana (do Alentejo)
edit- João Afonso Telo,[1] (c. 1330-1384);
- Pedro de Menezes (c.1370-1437), his son, also 1st Count of Vila Real;
- Duarte de Menezes (1414–1464), his natural son, also 2nd Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima);
- Henrique de Menezes (c.1450-1480), his son, also 3rd Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima) and 1st Count of Loulé.
See also
editExternal links
editBibliography
edit- "Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" Vol III, pages 478/480. Published by Zairol, Lda., Lisbon, 1989.
- Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade. OCLC 794223590.
References
edit- ^ a b Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 117–121.
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