Fernão Velho
Fernão Velho | |
|---|---|
| Senhor de Veleda | |
 brasao de armas of Velhos | |
| Born | 14th-century Portugal |
| Died | 15th-century Portugal |
| Noble family | Velhos |
Fernão Velho (born 14th-century) was a Portuguese nobleman, who served during the Kingdom of Portugal as Alcaide of Veleda.[1] and squire of Peter, Duke of Coimbra.[2]
Biography
[edit]Fernão was born in Portugal, the son of Gonçalo Anes Velho, o Contador, and Margarida Annes Durró, belonging to a noble Portuguese family.[3] His wife was Maria Álvares Cabral,[4] daughter or granddaughter of Álvaro Gil Cabral, Lord of Belmonte, and Catarina Anes de Loureiro, a noble lady, belonging to the Casa do Loureiro.[5]
Fernão Velho and Maria Álvares Cabral were the parents of Gonçalo Velho Cabral, the discoverer of the Santa Maria and São Miguel Islands.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ As duas Americas. Cándido Costa, Enrique Onffroy de Thoron (vicomte.) Onffroy de Verez family-. 1900.
- ^ A Batalha de Alfarrobeira: antecedentes e significado. Humberto Baquero Moreno. 1973.
- ^ Frei Gonçalo Velho, Volume 1. Ayres de Sá. 1899.
- ^ Historia e memorias da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa: 2a Classe, Sciencias Moraes e Politicas, e Bellas Lettras, Volume 8, Part 2. Typographia da Academia. 1900.
- ^ Revista trimensal do Instituto Histórico, Geográphico e ... Instituto Histórico, Geográphico e Etnográphico do Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) -. 1872.
- ^ Frei Gonçalo Velho - Volumen1. Ayres de Sá. 1899.
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