Jerónimo Moniz was a
Portuguese nobleman.
Life
He was the eldest son of
Febo Moniz de Lusignan
Febo (or Febos) Moniz de Lusignan or simply Febo (or Febos) Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman.
Biography
He was the only child of Vasco Gil Moniz and his second wife, Eléonore de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus.
He was a Reposteiro-Mór (a major foo ...
and wife Catarina or Maria da Cunha.
Like his father, he was also a Reposteiro-Mór (major footman at the royal household encharged with drawing and undrawing the curtains and hangings and treasurer of the store-house for furniture) of the same King
Manuel I of Portugal.
Marriage and issue
He married Violante da Silva, daughter of João de Saldanha,
Vedor of Queens
Maria of Aragon and
Eleanor of Austria, wives of King Manuel I of Portugal, and later of the Empress
Isabella of Portugal
Isabella of Portugal (24 October 1503 – 1 May 1539) was the empress consort and queen consort of her cousin Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy. She was Queen of Spain and Germany, and La ...
, and wife
Dona
Dona may refer to:
* Feminine form for don (honorific) (Spanish: doña, Portuguese: dona; Italian: donna), a Spanish, Portuguese, southern Italian, and Filipino title, given as a mark of respect
* Feminine form for dom (title), titled nobility in ...
Joana de Lima of the
Viscounts of
Vila Nova de Cerveira. He had four children:
* João Moniz, unmarried and without issue
*
Febo Moniz
* António Moniz, who withdrew as a
Priest of the
Company of Jesus
* Leonor, a
Nun
Sources
* Manuel João da Costa Felgueiras Gaio, "Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal", Tomo Vigésimo Primeiro, Título de Monizes, § 17, § 18 e § 19
* Various Authors, "Armorial Lusitano", Lisbon, 1961, pp. 370–372
* Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal Sousa e Silva, 1.º Visconde de Sanches de Baena, "Archivo Heraldico-Genealógico", Lisbon, 1872, Volume II, p. CXV
* Cristóvão Alão de Morais, "Pedatura Lusitana", Volume I (reformulated edition), pp. 668–670
Portuguese nobility
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
16th-century Portuguese people
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