Álvaro da Cunha (c. 1371–?) was a Portuguese

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, 3rd

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of Pombeiro.

Biography

Álvaro was born in

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, was the son of João Lourenço da Cunha and Leonor Telles de Meneses. His wife was Beatriz Martins de Melo a descendant of Afonso Mendes de Melo.{{cite book, title=Os Pinto Coelho Da Cunha, date = 9 July 2007, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wF9TBQAAQBAJ&q=alvaro+da+cunha+Beatriz+de+Melo&pg=PA108 , publisher=Wendel Albert Oliveira Pereira

References

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