Fernão Teles De Meneses
Fernão Teles de Meneses (1431 — Alcácer do Sal, 1 April 1477), also known as Fernão Teles and Fernão da Silva, was a Portuguese ''fidalgo'' and soldier. Early career Together with his elder brother, João da Silva, and their father, Aires Gomes da Silva, Teles fought at the Battle of Alfarrobeira (1449) for Peter, Duke of Coimbra. Following the defeat and death of the Duke, and loyal to the exiled Peter, Constable of Portugal, Teles and his brother, left for Spain (where Teles is documented as Fernando Telles de Meneses, or Fernando Téllez de Meneses.). Teles was pardoned by Afonso V of Portugal in April 1451. Teles is documented in Ceuta, then a Portuguese possession, in 1452 and again in 1454, this time in the company of his brother João da Silva. Although it is not known when he was appointed by Queen Consort Isabel to be warden of the castle at Sintra, this post was ratified on her death in 1455. A few years later, in 1461, Teles renounced the wardenship in favour o ...
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Alcácer Do Sal
Alcácer do Sal () is a municipality in Portugal, located in Setúbal District. The population in 2011 was 13,046, in an area of 1499.87 km2. History Earliest settlement There has been human settlement in the area for more than 40,000 years; archaeological investigations have placed human presence here back to the Mesolithic Period, when the first peoples began to concentrate in the areas around Alcácer. This period was characterized by exploitation of the ecosystem in the Sado Estuary, when the river extended to São Romão, involving fishing, scavenging for shellfish, hunting and foraging in the local forests. The primitive tools, made from chert, were adapted from the techniques of the late Paleolithic era. By the late Mesolithic period, people had concentrated in the area of Comporta and Torrão, later establishing primitive defensive protection to support its communities. These principal settlements were abandoned by the Copper Age, but repopulated during the Iron A ...
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