{{Infobox noble, type , name = Fernão Brandão Sanches , title = Comendador of Afife and Cabanas , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = , succession = , reign = , reign-type = , predecessor = , successor = , suc-type = , spouse = Catarina Fagundes , spouse-type = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , styles = , titles = , noble family = , house-type = , father = , mother = , birth_date = 15th-century , birth_place =

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Comenda In Portugal, a is a benefit that was granted to knights in military orders, but now describes a purely honorary distinction. In the past, could be a piece of land given as a reward for services, together with the duty to defend it from enemies ...

dor of Afife and Cabanas. He participated in the Portuguese campaigns in North Africa against the

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Biography

Fernão was the son of João Sanches and Isabel Brandão, a noble woman descendant of

Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses (died in Toro, 26 January 1356), was a Portuguese nobleman, member of the Téllez de Meneses lineage, and the father of Leonor Teles, queen consort of Portugal. His parents were Afonso Telles de Meneses, called ''el ...

. His wife was Catarina Fagundes, daughter of Rodrigo Anes Fagundes. His maternal grandfather, João Brandão, served as the squire of the king

Afonso V 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. ...

, and taking an active part in the

Battle of Alfarrobeira The Battle of Alfarrobeira () took place on 20 May 1449. It was a confrontation between the forces commanded by King Afonso V of Portugal and his uncle Afonso, Duke of Braganza, against the army of the rebellious Peter, Duke of Coimbra Inf ...

. He also was treasurer of the Mint of

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, later he held the position of accountant in the same city.{{cite book, title=Synopsis chronologica de subsidios ainda os mais raros para a ..., Volume 3, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7lFAAAAcAAJ&q=Jo%C3%A3o+Brand%C3%A3o%2C+Contador+do+Porto&pg=PA163, year= 1829, publisher=José Anastácio de Figueiredo Ribeiro, João P. Ribeiro

References

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