Martinho De Ataíde, 2nd Count Of Atouguia
Dom Martinho de Ataíde (c. 1415 – 1499), 2nd Count of Atouguia, was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and diplomat. In 1455, he was granted the lordship of the Canary Islands, by donation from King Henry IV of Castile, Henry IV of Castile, which he later sold to the Duarte de Meneses, 3rd Count of Viana, Count of Viana. Biography He was the eldest son of Álvaro Gonçalves de Ataíde, 1st Count of Atouguia and Dona Guiomar de Castro, of the House of Cadaval. He succeeded in the title, shortly after his father's death, by a royal decree from Afonso V of Portugal, Afonso V of Portugal, dated 14 February 1452. He thus became the 2nd Count of Atouguia da Baleia, Atouguia, his title being later confirmed by royal letters of 1482 and 1487. Missions in Ceuta and Castile He was with his father at the Battle of Alfarrobeira, on the side of King Afonso V of Portugal, Afonso V. The sovereign, soon after making him Count, sent him on a mission to the Portuguese fortress of Ceuta, ac ...
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Ataíde Family
Ataíde is the name of a noble family from the Kingdom of Portugal, many of whose members played important roles in the course of the Portuguese maritime exploration, Portuguese overseas exploration and expansion and in the internal and foreign policies of Portugal and its empire. History Origin The origin of the Ataíde family can be documented since the 12th century, its progenitor being Don (honorific), D. Egas Duer (c. 1140 – c. 1180), a fidalgo of the County of Portugal (and likely a member of the Early Middle Ages, early medieval :pt:Casa de Riba Douro, House of Riba Douro), who was the 1st Lord of the Honra of :pt:Ataíde, Ataíde («''propter honorem Domne Egee Duer''»), located in what was then the county of Santa Cruz de Riba Tâmega (near present-day Amarante, Portugal, Amarante), in the northern Portuguese region of Entre Douro e Minho. Egas Duer's son, Martim Viegas, was the first to use the surname Ataíde, derived from the name of the ''Honra'' of which he ...
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