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'' Afonso de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 1st Count of Penela. Dom Afonso was close related to the Portuguese royal family, once his great-grandfather was Infante John of Portugal (son of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro).

Genealogy summary

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List of counts of Penela

First creation (1471)

* Afonso de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 1st Count of Penela (born 1441) *João de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 2nd Count of Penela (born 1470)

Second creation (1907)

*José Maria de Portugal de Vasconcelos da Costa Mexia de Matos, 3rd Count of Penela (born 1868).

External links

Genealogy of the Counts of Penela, in Portuguese

Bibliography