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Évora
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Portugal
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Martim Afonso de Melo (1360–1432) was a Portuguese nobleman,
Lord
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of
Arega
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and
Barbacena
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. He served as
Alcaide
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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 ...
, and Guarda-mor of
John I of Portugal
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.
Biography
Born in
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 ...
, he was the son of Vasco Martins de Melo and Maria Afonso de Brito. Martim married twice, the first with Beatriz Pimentel, daughter of Juan Afonso Pimentel y Vasques da Fonseca, Count of Benavente, and Joana Telles de Menezes.
His second marriage was to Briolanja de Sousa, granddaughter of
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and Inês Dias Manuel, daughter Sancho Manuel de Villena and Inés Díaz de Toledo. She was granddaughter of
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena
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