Count of
Odemira (in Portuguese ''Conde de Odemira'') was a Portuguese
title of nobility
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granted to
D. Sancho de Noronha by royal decree issued on 9 October 1446, by King
Afonso V of Portugal
Afonso V () (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (), was King of Portugal from 1438 until his death in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. His sobriquet refers to his military conquests in Northern Africa. ...
.
Sancho de Noronha was the third son of
Alfonso, Count of Gijón and Noroña (natural son of King
Henry II of Castile) and of his wife
Isabel of Portugal
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(natural daughter of King
Fernando I of Portugal).
List of title-holders
# Sancho de Noronha (c.1390- ? );
#Maria de Noronha, his daughter, married to Afonso, 1st
Count of Faro
Count of Faro (in Portuguese ''Conde de Faro'') was a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree issued on 22 May 1469, by King Afonso V of Portugal, to Don (honorific), D. Afonso de Braganza, 1st Count of Faro, Afonso of Braganza, the t ...
;
#Sancho de Noronha (c.1470- ? ), their eldest son;
#Sancho de Noronha (c.1515-1573), his grandson;
#Afonso de Noronha (c.1535-1578), his son, died in the
battle of Alcácer Quibir;
#Sancho de Noronha (1579–1641);
#Francisco de Faro (c.1575- ? ) a distant cousin from a collateral branch;
#Maria de Faro (c.1610-1664), married to the 1st
Duke of Cadaval
The Dukes of Cadaval have their origins in ''Dom'' Álvaro of Braganza, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval, 4th male son of ''Dom'' Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. ''Dom'' Álvaro married ''Dona'' Filipa de Melo, the rich daught ...
;
#Joana de Faro (1661–1669), last countess of Odemira and
countess of Tentúgal (as heir of the
Duke of Cadaval
The Dukes of Cadaval have their origins in ''Dom'' Álvaro of Braganza, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval, 4th male son of ''Dom'' Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. ''Dom'' Álvaro married ''Dona'' Filipa de Melo, the rich daught ...
).
See also
*
Count of Faro
Count of Faro (in Portuguese ''Conde de Faro'') was a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree issued on 22 May 1469, by King Afonso V of Portugal, to Don (honorific), D. Afonso de Braganza, 1st Count of Faro, Afonso of Braganza, the t ...
*
List of countships in Portugal
This is a list of countships in Portugal ( pt, Condados; singular ''Condado''; the title is ''Conde'', for Count, and ''Condessa'', for Countess):
A
*Count of Abrantes
* Count of Agarez
* Count of Agrolongo
* Count of Águeda
* Count of Aguiar ...
External links
Genealogy of the Counts of Odemira, in Portuguese
Bibliography
"Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" Vol III, pages 65/68. Published by Zairol, Lda., Lisbon, 1989.
Odemira
1446 establishments in Portugal