Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses (died in Toro, 26 January 1356), was a

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nobleman, member of the Téllez de Meneses lineage, and the father of

Leonor Teles Leonor Teles (or Teles de Meneses; ) was queen consort of Portugal by marriage to King Ferdinand I, and one of the protagonists, along with her brothers and her daughter Beatrice, of the events that led to the succession crisis of 1383–1385 ...

, queen consort of

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. His parents were Afonso Telles de Meneses, called ''el Raposo'' (the Fox), vassal of King

Afonso IV of Portugal Afonso IVEnglish: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse'', or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin). (; 8 February 129128 May 1357), called the Brave ( pt, o Bravo, links=no), was King ...

, and Berengáira Lourenço de Valadares, daughter of Lourenço Soares de Valadares and Sancha Nunes de Chacím.

Biography

Martim Afonso was the ''Mayordomo'' of Maria of Portugal, the wife of King

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and mother of the only surviving son of this marriage,

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. On 16 January 1356, he and several nobles were at the Alcázar de Toro with the queen when King Peter of Castile arrived, accompanied by several squires, entered the grounds of the fortress and ordered the assassination of several of the men who were there with the queen, including Martim.

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in his chronicles describes the events as follow:

Marriage and issue

Martim Afonso and his wife, Aldonça Anes de Vasconcelos, daughter of João Mendes de Vasconcelos, ''

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'' of

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, and Aldara Alfonso Alcoforado, had the following children: * João Afonso Telo (killed on 14 August 1385 in the

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), 6th

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in 1382, mayor of

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, admiral of the Kingdom of Portugal, and the husband of Beatriz de Alburquerque, an illegitimate daughter of

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. * Gonçalo Teles de Meneses, (died on 28 June 1403),

Count of Neiva Count of Neiva (in Portuguese ''Conde de Neiva'') is a Portuguese title granted, in 1373 by King Ferdinand I of Portugal, to ''Dom'' Gonçalo Teles de Meneses, brother of Queen Leonor Telles de Meneses. ''Dom'' Gonçalo was also Lord of Faria, a ...

and lord of

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, married to Maria Afonso de Albuquerque, also an illegitimate daughter of João Afonso de Albuquerque,; * Maria Teles de Meneses (m. November 1379), wife of Alvaro Dias de Sousa and, after his death, married ''

infante ''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to t ...

'' John of Portugal, Duke of Valencia de Campos, son of King

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and

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, parents of Infante Fernando, Lord of Eça; * Leonor Teles, queen consort of Portugal as the wife of King Ferdinand I of Portugal. He was also the father of a daughter born out of wedlock: * Joana Teles de Meneses, who married Juan Alfonso Pimentel, first Count of Benavente.

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