{{Infobox noble, type , name = Henrique de Meneses , title = Count , image = File:Meneses-antigo.png , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = , succession = , reign = , reign-type = , predecessor = , successor = , suc-type = , spouse = , spouse-type = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , styles = , titles = , noble family = , house-type = , father = , mother = , birth_date = 1450 , birth_place =

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, christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = 1480 , death_place = Alcácer-Ceguer? , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion =

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nobleman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...

, Count of Viana and

Count of Loulé Count of Loulé (in Portuguese ''Conde de Loulé'') was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to Henrique de Menezes by royal decree issued on November 12, 1471, by King Afonso V of Portugal. Henrique de Menezes was the son of Duarte de Men ...

. In 1471, he participated in the

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. Henrique was born in

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, the son of Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana and Isabel de Castro. His wife was Guiomar de Bragança, daughter of

Fernando I, Duke of Braganza Dom Fernando I of Braganza (; 1403 – 1 April 1478) was the 2nd Duke of Braganza and the 1st Marquis of Vila Viçosa, among other titles. He took part in the Portuguese conquests in North Africa and served as governor of different territories ...

and Joana de Castro.{{cite book, title=Historia genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza: desde a sua origem até o, year = 1737, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mb2KDF2tSbEC&q=Henrique+de+Meneses+Guiomar+de+Bragan%C3%A7a&pg=PA406 , publisher=Antonio Caetano de Sousa

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