Count of

Loulé Loulé () is a city and municipality in the region of Algarve, district of Faro, Portugal. In 2011, the population of the entire municipality was 70,622 inhabitants, in an area of approximately . The municipality has two principal cities: Loulé ...

(in Portuguese ''Conde de Loulé'') was a Portuguese

title of nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristi ...

granted to Henrique de Menezes by royal decree issued on November 12, 1471, by King

Afonso V of Portugal Afonso V () (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (), was King of Portugal from 1438 until his death in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. His sobriquet refers to his military conquests in Northern Africa. ...

. Henrique de Menezes was the son of Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana (do Alentejo) and, therefore, grandson of

Pedro de Menezes Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...

, founding father of the

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. This new title granting was based in an agreement in which Henrique would receive the county of Loulé, returning the county of Valença to the Crown.

List of the Counts of Loulé (1471)

# Henrique de Menezes, also 1st

Count of Valença Count of Valença (in Portuguese ''Conde de Valença'') was a Portuguese title of nobility, created by a royal decree, dated from July 20, 1464, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to ''Dom'' Henrique de Menezes, who was already 3rd Coun ...

, 3rd Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima) and 4th

Count of Viana (do Alentejo) {{about, , the Counts of Viana (modern), Count of Viana, the Counts of Viana (da Foz do Lima), Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima) Count of Viana (do Alentejo) was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barce ...

; #Beatrice of Menezes, his daughter, married to Francisco Coutinho, 4th

Count of Marialva The Count of Marialva ( pt, Conde de Marialva) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, issued in 1440, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to Vasco Fernandes Coutinho (from a family descendency dating to the old Portugue ...

; #

Guiomar Coutinho Guiomar is both a name and a surname found in France, Spain and Portugal. It originated in the north of France during Medieval times, from the fictional character Guiomar, which is found in the Arthurian legends. This name could derive from ''uuiu' ...

, their daughter, also 5th Countess of Marialva. Married to

Infante ''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to t ...

Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda.

External links

Genealogy of the Counts of Loulé, in Portuguese

Bibliografia

"Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" Vol II, pages 693/694. Published by Zairol, Lda., Lisbon, 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:Count of Loule Loule 1471 establishments in Portugal Loulé

List of the Counts of Loulé (1471)

See also

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Bibliografia