Mendo de Alpoim (c.1360-14?) was a Portuguese nobleman,

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and

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, member of the court of

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. He served in diplomatic missions in the

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Biography

Mendo de Alpoim possibly born in

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...

, son of Gomes de Alpoim and Elvira Guterres. He was married to Guiomar de Vera, daughter of Alvaro de Vera, alcaide-mór of

Évora Évora ( , ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of 1307.08 km2. It is the historic capital of the Alentejo and serves as the seat of the Évora District. Due to its well-preserved old to ...

. Alpoim was the father of

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, alcaide of Montemor-o-Velho. And grandson of Diniz d' Alpoim, Lord of

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. In 1386, he was commissioned carry out the preparations concerning the wedding of King

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with Philippa of Lancaster.

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1370 births 1400s deaths Portuguese nobility People from Coimbra 14th-century Portuguese people 15th-century Portuguese people {{Europe-noble-stub