The Camões family were descendants of the 14th-century

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Vasco Pires de Camões.

Origins

It seems that this surname had its origin from the Palace of Camauda, of which makes mention Gonzalo Argote de Molina, which is in the

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in land of the

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, corrupted from ''Camanda'' to ''Camoens'', from where they passed to Galicia and then to Portugal. Some say this surname came from a bird named ''Camão'', others from the

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of Camoens, old in the

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, next to

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. The first one that can be found with this surname and from whom there is any notice was Vasco Pires de Camões (mentioned at the ''Chronicle of Dom João I'' by

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, C. II, C. 43). He followed the partiality of King

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against his brother

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, and for that reason passed to Portugal, at the time of King

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, also for following in Galicia, from where he held, his side in the pretension he had for the

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against Henry II, the Bastard. King Ferdinand gave him in the Kingdom of Portugal for his services the ''Alcaidarias-Móres'' of Alenquer and Portalegre, the Villages of

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, Punhete,

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, Amêndoa and the Council of Gestaçô, and the estate farms and lands that Infanta Beatriz or Brites, his sister, had at

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and

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, and made him one of the first Noblemen of his Council, which he later all lost. Vasco Pires de Camões followed the party of

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and Castile at the time of King

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and against him, and was arrested at the

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, and Aires Pires de Camões, his cousin, for what he lost the lands he had in the Kingdom of Portugal, remaining only the lands he had at

and other assets he had at Alenquer and

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, from which his descendants made some

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s, mostly at Avis and at the City of

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, where they possessed many rent, retaining the

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''Vaz''. Gandara, in ''Armas y Triunfos de Galicia'', Chapter 27, fl. 297 / p. 584, says that the ''Camões'' descend from Vasco Rodríguez de Caamaño, son of Fernán García de Caamaño, for Vasco Peres de Camões is thought to be the same he calls Vasco Fernández de Caamaño, second son of Fernán García de Caamaño and his wife Constanza Suárez de Figueroa, whose ancestry, with the ''de Caamaño'' surname, can be seen at the book said. Aires Peres de Camões, following the party of King

, was a

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of a

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of the fleet that left from

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against the coast of Galicia, from where the

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was the Count de Trastamara. The

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they bear is in a green field a serpent neck and head in gold that leaves from between two rocks in silver, touched in red, and for

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the same serpent of the shield, or its head. It seems to have allusion to the serpent of

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or to the animal they call

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, which is a lizard (see Orozco in ''Thezouro'').

Lineage

Vasco Peres de Camões married Maria Tenreiro. Maria was the daughter of Gonçalo Tenreiro (b.

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, Galicia), Captain-Major of the Fleets of Portugal - who supported the

, and bore the title Master of Christ - and his wife Maria Fernandes; and paternal granddaughter of Garcia Tenreiro (b. Pontevedra, Galicia) and his wife. Vasco Peres and Maria had three children: Gonçalo Vaz de Camões, João Vaz de Camões, and Constança Pires de Camões.

Gonçalo Vaz de Camões

Gonçalo Vaz de Camões was a rich nobleman, who lived at

and succeeded in name of his wife at the Majorat of the Fonsecas and married Constança da Fonseca, Lady of the Majorat of the Fonsecas (instituted by Lourenço da Fonseca on August 13, 1521), daughter of Afonso Vasques da Fonseca, ''Alcaide-Mór'' of Moreira and Marialva, and wife Mécia Lopes Pacheco (both descendants among others from

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and she also from

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), and had an only son: * António Vaz de Camões, lord of his father's house, who succeeded his maternal grandfather's Majorat of the Fonsecas, married to an unknown woman, and had: ** Lopo Vaz de Camões, lord of his father's house in which he succeeded, married to Inês Dias da Câmara, daughter of Diogo Afonso de Aguiar, from the Island of

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, and first wife Isabel Gonçalves da Câmara (daughter of

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), and had: *** António Vaz de Camões, who succeeded in his father's house and married Dona Isabel de Castro, daughter of Dom João de Castro (bastard son of Dom João de Castro of the Lords das Alcáçovas, Captain-Major of Évora) and wife as second husband Francisca de Brito or Brandão, and had issue, three children from marriage and three bastard children by unknown women: **** Lopo Vaz de Camões, who was called ''o dos Óculos'' (the one with the glasses), first son, who succeeded his father and at the Majorat da Camoeira, in Évora, and at the more that were together, married to Maria da Fonseca, daughter of João or Gaspar Rodrigues Preto, ''Estribeiro-Mór'' (Major Riding Master) of Empress

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, as it can be seen from the inscription from his grave which is at the Chapel of Saint Francis of

at the part of the Epistole, and wife Mécia da Fonseca, and paternal granddaughter of Jorge Rodrigues Preto, also a ''Estribeiro-Mór'' (Major Riding Master) of Empress Isabella of Portugal, the one who instituted a Chapel at São Francisco de Évora, which is called of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Our Lady of Concepcion), and it is said to have married Maria Bota and left some assets as a Majorat to his son António, and had: ***** António Vaz de Camões, lord of his father's house, married as her first husband Dona Francisca da Silveira (who after widowed married Gaspar de Brito Freire), daughter of Dom Álvaro da Silveira (son of the 2nd Counts de Sortelha), of some Portuguese Royal descent, and wife Brites Mexia, and had: ****** Lopo Vaz de Camões, who inherited the house and succeeded his father's Majorats, was a Lettered man, a Collegial at São Paulo, and put himself as a Friar at the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Piedade (Our Lady of Piety), from where he left for illing, and died within two months, unmarried and without issue, and inherit his Majorats his sister Maria de Meneses or Maria da Silveira ****** ''Frei'' António da Silveira de Camões or António da Silveira who, by the death of his sister Maria de Meneses or Maria da Silveira, inherited the Majorats, and was a

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****** Maria de Meneses or Maria da Silveira, who inherited the Majorats, by the death of her brother Lopo Vaz de Camões, and was the wife of António de Magalhães, Lord da

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, and then of Dom Pedro Mascarenhas de Lancastre, without issue from both marriages, passing the Majorats to her brother ''Frei'' António da Silveira de Camões or António da Silveira ****** Brites da Silveira, who died unmarried and without issue ***** Sebastião de Camões ***** Gaspar da Fonseca ***** Mécia ..., who died unmarried and without issue ***** Isabel ..., who died unmarried and without issue ***** Ana de Castro, married as his first wife to Diogo Lopes de Carvalho, Lord of the Coutos de Abadim e Negrelos,

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of the Royal Household, son of Luís Lopes de Carvalho,

of the Royal Household, and wife Dona Mécia de Eça (male line descendant from Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos), and had issue still extant **** (bastard???) Luís Gonçalves de Camões, who made and instituted the Majorat da Torre, at

, or of Avis, as which is called, which owned Simão de Camões, and which he left to his cousin Duarte de Camões da Câmara or de Távora (see below), unmarried, had a natural daughter who, in Testament, ordered to put as a

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, and left 10$000 réis to his sister Antónia Pacheca, who must have been his mother's daughter: ***** (bastard) ''Soror'' Bernarda ..., a Nun at the

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of Paraíso, in Évora **** Francisca de Castro, married as his third wife Dom Martinho de Sousa e Távora or de Távora de Sousa or de Sousa or de Távora, ''Alcaide-Mór'' de Alter do Chão, son of Dom Manuel de Sousa or de Távora, ''Vedor'' ( Reeve) of the

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and ''Alcaide-Mór'' de Alter do Chão, of some Portuguese Royal descent, and wife Grácia Figueira or Maria Tavares, and had issue **** (bastard) Pedro da Fonseca de Camões, a

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**** (bastard) Antónia Pacheco, who died unmarried and without issue **** (bastard) Isabel da Câmara, who died unmarried and without issue *** Simão Vaz de Camões or Simão de Camões, married to an unknown woman, and had: **** Duarte de Camões da Câmara or de Távora, who inherited the Majorat which is called of the Tower of Avis instituted by his cousin Luís Gonçalves de Camões, married to Isabel Lobo, daughter of Aires Tavares de Sousa, of some Portuguese Royal descent, and wife Maria Lobo, and had issue, five children from his marriage and a bastard son by an unknown woman: ***** Luís Gonçalves de Camões, who inherited the house and married to an unknown woman, without issue ***** Simão de Camões, who inherited the house at the death of his brother and died unmarried and without issue ***** Maria da Câmara, married as his first wife to her distant cousin Francisco de Faria Severim, ''Executor-Mór'' (Major Executioner) of the

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, without issue ***** ''Soror'' Constança da Câmara, a Nun at the Convent of Santa Clara, in Évora ***** ''Soror'' Ana de Sousa, a Nun at the Convent of Santa Clara, in Évora ***** (bastard) Duarte de Camões, married to Maria da Paz, and had issue: ****** Luís de Matos de Camões, married to Simoa de Faria Pimentel, and had issue: ******* Juliana Maria de Faria, married to Ascenço Lopes Franco (b. Ferreira de Aves,

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), son of Afonso Lopes Franco (b.

) and wife Águeda Martins, and had issue *** Duarte Vaz de Camões or Duarte de Camões, third son, who never got married and made the Majorat da Camoeira, and had natural children by unknown women: **** Pedro Gonçalves de Camões, who succeeded his father's Majorat, married firstly to Leonor de Melo, daughter of Nuno Fernandes Cogominho, Lord of the Majorat da Torre dos Coelheiros, and second wife Helena de Melo, and secondly to Isabel da Silva or de Melo, daughter of Jorge de Melo, from

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, and wife Violante da Silva, both of some Portuguese Royal descent, and had issue, one daughter from each marriage: ***** ''Soror'' Francisca ..., a Nun at the Convent of São Bento ***** ''Soror'' Inês ..., a Nun at the Convent of São Bento **** Gonçalo Vaz de Camões, who inherited his brother for not remaining male children and was at India where he married Margarida da Veiga, and had issue; for his death ran a plea over the Majorat da Camoeira and was given a sentence to António Vaz de Camões, whose descendants possessed it: ***** Duarte de Camões ***** ''Soror'' Joana ..., a Nun at the Convent of Paraíso, in Évora **** Simão de Camões, who succeeded at the Majorat who instituted his cousin Luís Gonçalves de Camões * Aldonça Anes de Camões, wife of Rui Casco, ''Alcaide-Mór'' of Avis, son of Martim Casco, ''Alcaide-Mór'' of Avis and wife Teresa Ferreira, and had issue (?)

João Vaz de Camões

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, in a particular Chapel, and has a grave risen up in marble, with half relief figures, with an epitaph of the services he had done to King

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, whose Vassal he was, and served the same King at the Wars of

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and Castile, and was a

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of the ''Comarca'' (

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) of the Beira, married firstly to Inês Gomes da Silva, natural daughter of Jorge da Silva by an unknown woman and older sister of Brites da Silva and Catarina da Silva (and whose paternal grandfather was a bastard son of Gonçalo Gomes da Silva, ''Alcaide-Mór'' of Soure, son of the 1st Lords da

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and a descendant among others from Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena's marriage and from

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), and secondly to Catarina Pires, without issue, and had: * João Vaz de Camões, born in

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, who together with his father and stepmother in 1505 ''were in

, where they had residence, she securely at the house of the Rua do Deão, and the son at the Bishop's Palace'', married to Branca Tavares, and had: ** Estêvão Vaz de Camões, died in Italy in the Wars of the

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, apparently unmarried and without issue ** Henrique de Freitas, died in India, apparently unmarried and without issue ** ''Frei'' Simão Vaz de Camões, who for having violated the clausure of the

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of Santana was condemned to deportation, was at large and died during or for having been wounded at the

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fighting for António of Portugal,

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** Isabel Tavares, died at the last quarter of the 16th century, married 1550/1552 to Álvaro Pinto, and who was ''daughter of good people but of modest living'' and '' couldn't write'', as it can be seen at the final part of a

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of 1550, where it is affirmed that someone ''signed for himself and for the mentioned Isabel Tavares at her beg for not knowing how to sign'' ** Dom Bento ... * António or Antão Vaz de Camões, who was with

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at India, married to Guiomar Vaz da Gama, daughter of a da Gama from

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, and for that reason chanted her grandson the actions of

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, with whom she had a reason of kindred, and had: ** Simão Vaz de Camões, who went to India as a

of a vessel, was lost and wrecked and reached the shore at the sight of the firm land of

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and was saved in a board and some time after that died poor at the same City, married to Ana de Sá de Macedo or Ana de Sá, daughter of a de Macedo from Santarém, the parents of: ***

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, the

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and great Epic ** Dom ''Frei'' Bento de Camões, a

at and the First General

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of the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, who held the office of First ''Cancelario'' (

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) of the

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, ''with power to graduate as

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and

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in every Faculties''See ''Crónica dos Regrantes'', Liv. 7, Cap. 14 and Liv. 10, Nr. 9. * Pêro Vaz de Camões, born in Coimbra, an

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in 1530 at the service of Dom Luís de Castro, Lord de Monsanto and Lord de

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and ''Alcaide-Mór'' of

(called and should have been Count de Monsanto), apparently unmarried and without issue.

Constança Pires de Camões

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, who came to the Kingdom of Portugal to Lisbon at the time and serving King

and found himself with him at the taken of

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, after what he came back to the Kingdom, where he married, and had issue, the Severim Family of Portugal.

References

* Manuel José da Costa Felgueiras Gaio, Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal, Título Camoens * Cristóvão Alão de Morais, Pedatura Lusitana, Camões * Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, Porto Editora (Commented Edition), p. 31-2

Notes

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