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in 1450.

Biography

Nuno was the son of Martim Gil Pestana and Maria Gonçalves da Silveira. His wife was Leonor Falcão daughter of

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, and maternal granddaughter of Gonçalo Anes de Abreu.{{cite book, title=Evora na idade média, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmHuAAAAMAAJ&q=Nuno+Martins+da+Silveira+Leonor+Falc%C3%A3o , year= 1995, publisher=Maria Angela V. da Rocha Beirante , isbn=9789723106930

References

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