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Biography

His parents were Martim Afonso de Mello (son of

João de Melo {{Infobox noble, type , name = João de Melo , title = , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = , succession = , reign ...

), and Leonor Barreto daughter of Gonçalo Nunes Barreto and Isabel Pereira. Jorge de Melo was married to Branca Coutinho, daughter of Vasco Fernandes Coutinho (great grandson of Gonçalo Vasques) and Maria de Lima (daughter of

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and Filipa da Cunha).{{cite book, title=Os Pinto Coelho Da Cunha, date = 9 July 2007, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wF9TBQAAQBAJ&q=Jorge+de+Melo+Branca+Coutinho&pg=PA16 , publisher=Wendel Albert Oliveira Pereira -

References

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