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Febo Moniz De Lusignan
Febo (or Febos) Moniz de Lusignan or simply Febo (or Febos) Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman. Biography He was the only child of Vasco Gil Moniz and his second wife, Eléonore de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus. He was a Reposteiro-Mór (a major footman at the royal household encharged with drawing and undrawing the curtains and hangings and treasurer of the store-house for furniture) of King Manuel I of Portugal and a Fidalgo of his royal household and Alcaide-Mór of Arraiolos. Marriage and issue He married Catarina or Maria da Cunha, daughter of Gonçalo Correia, third Lord of the Honour of Farelães, and wife Margarida de Prado, who was promised by King Manuel I of Portugal 6,000 crowns for the marriage, and had issue, three sons by marriage and one bastard son: * Jerónimo Moniz * António Moniz, died a child, young, unmarried * Gil Aires Moniz, died a child, young, unmarried * (bastard) Jerónimo Moniz, who was a Clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese People
The Portuguese people () are a Romance nation and ethnic group indigenous to Portugal who share a common culture, ancestry and language. The Portuguese people's heritage largely derives from the pre-Celts, Proto-Celts (Lusitanians, Conii) and Celts (Gallaecians, Turduli and Celtici), who were Romanized after the conquest of the region by the ancient Romans. A small number of male lineages descend from Germanic tribes who arrived after the Roman period as ruling elites, including the Suebi, Buri, Hasdingi Vandals, Visigoths with the highest incidence occurring in northern and central Portugal. The pastoral Caucasus' Alans left small traces in a few central-southern areas. Finally, the Umayyad conquest of Iberia also left Jewish, Moorish and Saqaliba genetic contributions, particularly in the south of the country. The Roman Republic conquered the Iberian Peninsula during the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. from the extensive maritime empire of Carthage during the series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
