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, name = Afonso Mendes de Melo
, title = Lord
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, birth_date = 13th century
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Kingdom of Portugal
The Kingdom of Portugal ( la, Regnum Portugalliae, pt, Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also kno ...
Kingdom of Portugal
The Kingdom of Portugal ( la, Regnum Portugalliae, pt, Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also kno ...
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Roman Catholic
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Afonso Mendes de Melo (1240-1280) 2nd Lord of Melo, was a medieval
knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...
, rico-homem (rich-men) of the Kingdom of Portugal.
He was born in Portugal, the son of Mem Soares de Melo, 1st Lord de Melo and Teresa Afonso Gato, daughter of Afonso Pires Gato and Urraca Fernandes de Lumiares. His wife was Inês Vasques, daughter of Vasco Lourenço da Cunha.{{cite book, title=Portugaliae monumenta historica a saeculo octavo post Christum usque ad quintumdecimum, Volume 2, Part 2
, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyPjAAAAMAAJ&q=Afonso+Mendes+de+Melo+In%C3%AAs+Vasques+da+Cunha , year= 1980, publisher=Academia das Ciências de Lisboa