Rui Gomes de Abreu (c.1460–1530?) was a Portuguese nobleman, who served as Alcaide Mayor of

Elvas Elvas () is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo. It is situated about east of Lisbon, and about west of the Spanish fortress ...

Biography

Rui was the son of Pedro Gomes de Abreu and Catarina de Eça, a noble lady, who was Abbess of the Convent of

Lorvão Lorvão is a parish in Penacova Penacova ( or ) is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,251, in an area of 216.73 km². Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 8 ...

. She was the daughter of

Infante Fernando, Lord of Eça ''Infante'' (, ; grammatical gender, 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 Crown of Aragon, Aragon, Crown of Cast ...

and Leonor de Teive. Rui Gomes de Abreu was married to Inês Brandão, daughter of Fernão Brandão Sanches,

comenda In Portugal, a is a benefit that was granted to knights in military orders, but now describes a purely honorary distinction. In the past, could be a piece of land given as a reward for services, together with the duty to defend it from enemies ...

dor of Afife and Cabanas, and Catarina Fagundes, belonging to noble Portuguese Galician family.

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