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{{Infobox noble, type , name = Fernão Álvares da Maia , title = Lord , image = File:Maia.gif , caption = Coat of Arms of Maia , image_size = 100px , CoA = , more = , succession = , reign = , reign-type = , predecessor = , successor = , suc-type = , spouse = , spouse-type = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , styles = , titles = , noble family =
House of Maia Maia is a Portuguese noble family with its origins in the 10th century. Year 960 to 1129 Lords of Maia before the creation of the Kingdom of Portugal *(965– ) Trastamiro Aboazar – 1st Lord of Maia, son of Aboazar Lovesendes *(1000 ...
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Vila Franca de Xira Vila Franca de Xira () is a city and municipality in the Lisbon District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 137,659, in an area of 318.19 km2. Situated on both banks of the Tagus River, 32 km north-east of the Portuguese capital L ...
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Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
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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 ...
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Military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
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Aguiar Aguiar is a Galician-Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antone S. Aguiar Jr. (1930–2014), American judge and politician * Bruno Aguiar, Portuguese footballer *Ernani Aguiar, Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and mu ...
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Trofa Trofa () is a municipality in the north of the Porto metropolitan area in Portugal, 18 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 38,999, in an area of 72.02 km². Trofa has a strong industrial park, with various types of industry ...
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Biography

Fernão was born in
Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
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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 ...
, son of
Álvaro Gonçalves da Maia {{Infobox noble, type , name = Álvaro Gonçalves da Maia , title = Lord , image = File:Maia.gif , caption = Coat of Arms of Maia , image_size = 100px , CoA = , more ...
. He was married to Guiomar de Sá, daughter of Gonçalo de Sá (Lord of Aguiar) and Isabel Gil de Magalhães. The Sá family were descendant of Giacomo Sciarra della Colonna (senator of
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), member of the prestigious
Colonna family The House of Colonna, also known as ''Sciarrillo'' or ''Sciarra'', is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in Middle Ages, medieval and Roman Renaissance, Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope (Pope Martin ...
. Supporter of the cause of
Peter, Duke of Coimbra Infante D. Pedro, Duke of Coimbra KG (; en, Peter), (9 December 1392 – 20 May 1449) was a Portuguese ''infante'' (prince) of the House of Aviz, son of King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt. I ...
, Fernão Álvares da Maia went towards Lisbon, where participated 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 ...
. Maia died in combat on 20 May 1449.{{cite book, title=Memórias arqueológico-históricas do distrito de Bragança, url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ev9WAAAAYAAJ&q=+Maia, year= 1981, publisher=Francisco Manuel Alves


References

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