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Fernão Velho
Fernão Velho (born 14th century) was a Portuguese nobleman who served in the Kingdom of Portugal as Alcaide of Veleda and squire of Peter, Duke of Coimbra. Biography Fernão was born in Portugal, the son of Gonçalo Anes Velho, o Contador, and Margarida Annes Durró, belonging to a noble Portuguese family. His wife was Maria Álvares Cabral, daughter or granddaughter of Álvaro Gil Cabral, Lord of Belmonte, and Catarina Anes de Loureiro, a noble lady, belonging to the Casa do Loureiro. Fernão Velho and Maria Álvares Cabral were the parents of Gonçalo Velho Cabral Gonçalo Velho Cabral ( 1400 – c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (credited with the discovery of the Formigas, the re-discovery of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores) and hered ..., who discovered the Santa Maria and São Miguel Islands.{{cite book, title=Frei Gonçalo Velho - Volumen1, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0w6AQAAIAAJ& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full achievement (heraldry), heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest (heraldry), crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger (e.g. an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail "surcoat" garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Roll of arms, Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a nobility, noble family, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Portugal
The Kingdom of Portugal was a Portuguese monarchy, monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves after 1415, and as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves between 1815 and 1822. The name is also often applied to the Portuguese Empire, the realm's overseas colonies. The nucleus of the Portuguese state was the County of Portugal, established in the 9th century as part of the ''Reconquista'', by Vímara Peres, a vassal of the Kingdom of Asturias, King of Asturias. The county became part of the Kingdom of León in 1097, and the Counts of Portugal established themselves as rulers of an independent kingdom in the 12th century, following the battle of São Mamede. The kingdom was ruled by the Portuguese House of Burgundy, Afonsine Dynasty until the 1383–85 Crisis, after which the monarchy passed to the Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castellan
A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe. Its surrounding territory was referred to as the castellany. The word stems from . A castellan was almost always male, but could occasionally be female, as when, in 1194, Beatrice of Bourbourg inherited her father's castellany of Bourbourg upon the death of her brother, Roger. Initial functions During the Migration Period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (third to sixth century), foreign tribes entered Western Europe, causing strife. The answer to recurrent invasion was to create fortified areas which evolved into castles. Some military leaders gained control of several areas, each with a castle. The problem lay in exerting control and authority in each area when a leader could only be in one place at a time. To overcome this, they appointed castellans as their trusted vassals to manage a castle in exchange for obligations to the landlord, often a noble. In the 9th century, as fortification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aveleda (Bragança)
Aveleda is a former ''freguesia'' ("civil parish") in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aveleda e Rio de Onor. The population in 2011 was 196, in an area of 62.20 km2. It is situated close to the northern border with Spain. History The parish of Aveleda derives its name from the village, whose toponymy has a number of significances. For one, there is the Roman interpretation, derived from the Roman ''Avé Leda'', which means ''beautiful place'', while others assume that the name was derived from ''Veleda'', a venerated Visigothic or Suebic priest of the 4th century. Another interpretation suggests that the name was derived from ''ave feliz''. What is certain, is that this name only appeared during the 1250 ''Inquirições'' of Afonso III. This is because the area around Aveleda was under the protection of Spanish monasteries of Moreirola and San Martin de Castanheda. It was there that the celebrated ''Abbott of Baçal' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onffroy De Verez Family
The Onffroy de Vérez family comes from Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in Calvados in department of Normandy region. History This French family was ennobled in January 1543, registered in the Chambre des Comptes on December 16, 1544. Maintained noble on March 9, 1599. Registration of titles of nobility in Santo Domingo in 1768. It was admitted to the Association d'entraide de la noblesse française in 1953. Notable people Anne-Marthe-Rolland Onffroy de Verez Anne-Marthe-Roland Onffroy, born December 15, 1778, in Brittany, is a knight of the Order of Saint Louis. He was a fervent royalist. He belonged to the royal artillery corps (battalion commander). During the French Revolution, he immigrated to Jamaica with his family Anne-Marthe-Roland Onffroy owned a coffee plantation in Jamaica. He was an artillery officer engaged in the English Army (Saint-Domingue campaigns). In 1816, after the departure of Napoléon Bonaparte, the Onffroy family returned to Brittany after selling the Jama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squire
In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Boys served a knight as an attendant, doing simple but important tasks such as saddling a horse or caring for the knight's weapons and armour. Terminology ''Squire'' is a shortened version of the word ''esquire'', from the Anglo-French itself meaning ("shield bearer"). Other terms include ''scutifer'' and the Latin ("arms bearer"). Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire could be a knight's servant that fought with his lord. It could also refer to sub-knightly Men-at-Arms and was used interchangeably with valet. Over time it referred to a broad social class of men, just below the rank of knight. Eventually, a lord of the manor might come to be known as a "squire". Duties A squire was typically a young boy, training to become a knight. A boy became a page Page most commonly refers to: * Page (paper), one side of a leaf of paper, as in a book Page, PAGE, pages, or paging may also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter, Duke Of Coimbra
Dom Peter, Duke of Coimbra, KG ( ; 9 December 1392 – 20 May 1449) was a Portuguese ''infante'' (prince) of the House of Aviz, son of King Dom John I of Portugal and his wife, Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt. In Portugal, he is known as Infante Dom Pedro das Sete Partidas o Mundo "of the Seven Parts f the World because of his travels. Possibly the best-travelled prince of his time, he was regent between 1439 and 1448. He was also 1st Lord of Montemor-o-Velho, Aveiro, Tentúgal, Cernache, Pereira, Condeixa and Lousã. Early life From the time he was born, Peter was one of John I's favourite sons. Along with his siblings, he received an exceptional education rarely seen in those times for the children of royalty. Close to his brothers Edward, the future king of Portugal, and John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz, Peter grew up in a calm environment free of intrigues. On 14 August 1415, he accompanied his father and brothers Edward and Henry for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álvaro Gil Cabral
Álvaro Gil Cabral (c.1335-?) was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Belmonte, Portugal, Belmonte, and Quintela de Azurara, Azurara. He served as Castellan#Portugal, Alcaide of Guarda, Portugal between 1383 and 1399. Biography Álvaro was born in the Iberian Peninsula, son of Gil Cabral, a nobleman who was bishop of Guarda. He was married to Catarina Anes de Loureiro, daughter of João Anes Loureiro and Catarina Dias de Figueiredo, a noble lady, descendant of :pt:Rui Vasques Pereira, Rui Vasques Pereira. Cabral was related to the discoverer of the Azores, he was the maternal grandfather of Gonçalo Velho Cabral. And he was the paternal great-grandfather of the discoverer of Brazil, Pedro Álvares Cabral. Álvaro Gil Cabral participated actively in Portuguese politics, being vassal of Ferdinand I of Portugal, Ferdinand I and John I of Portugal, John I. He took part in the Battle of Aljubarrota, against the troops of John I of Castile.{{cite book, title=Boletim da Direcção Geral do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonçalo Velho Cabral
Gonçalo Velho Cabral ( 1400 – c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (credited with the discovery of the Formigas, the re-discovery of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores) and hereditary landowner responsible for administering Crown lands on the same islands, during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. Biography Early life He was son of Fernão Velho, Lord and '' Alcaide'' of Veleda, and his wife Maria Álvares Cabral (great-aunt of Pedro Álvares Cabral). His siblings Álvaro Velho Cabral, Teresa Velho Cabral, wife of Fernão Soares de Albergaria, and Violante Velho Cabral, wife of Diogo Gonçalves de Travassos also established settlements in the Azores with their families. Although referenced as ''Gonçalo Velho Cabral'' in most modern biographies, he is generally referred to as ''Gonçalo Velho'' in historical documents. Explorer In 1431, Gonçalo Velho was in the Vila de Tancos, along the Tagus River, when he rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Island
Santa Maria (; Portuguese language, Potuguese and Spanish language, Spanish for 'Saint Mary') is an island in the Eastern Group, Azores, eastern group of the Azores archipelago (south of the island of São Miguel Island, São Miguel) and the southernmost island in the Azores. The island is known for its white sand beaches, distinctive chimneys, and dry warm weather. History The first records of a group of islands in the Atlantic (aside from the legends of Atlantis) came from the voyages of Portuguese sailors during the reigns of Dinis of Portugal, King Denis (1279–1325) and his successor Afonso IV of Portugal, King Afonso IV (1325–1357). These were unsubstantiated accounts and unofficial, until 1427 when navigator Diogo de Silves found the island of Santa Maria (at that time referred to on nautical charts as ''Ilha dos Lobos'' or ''Ilha do Ovo'') during his journey to Madeira. Myth tells that on the day of the island's discovery, Gonçalo Velho Cabral and his crew were ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
