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João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos

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João Afonso Telo
1st count of Ourém
4th count of Barcelos
Born14th century
Kingdom of Portugal
Died1381
Kingdom of Portugal
BuriedGraça Church

João Afonso Telo de Menezes (died 1381)[1] was a Portuguese nobleman, 1st Count of Ourém and 4th Count of Barcelos.[2]

Life

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Interior of Graça Church in Santarém where João Afonso Telo and his wife were buried.

João Afonso Telo was the second son of Afonso Martins Telo "Raposo"[3] and Berengária Lourenço de Valadares,[4] daughter of Lourenço Soares de Valadares — advisor to kings Afonso III and Denis of Portugal — and his second wife Sancha Nunes de Chacim.[5] Berengária was also the sister of Aldonça Lourenço de Valadares, the mother of Inés de Castro.[6]

João Afonso Telo was a trusted advisor of King Pedro I and his son King Fernando I of Portugal, married to his niece, Leonor Teles.[7] He was also the alferes-mor of King Pedro I who on 10 October 1357 made him Count of Barcelos[4] and appears with the title of Count of Ourém in December 1371 after King Fernando I had given him the town of Ourém in January of the previous year but without the title of count at that time.[8]

He died during the Christmas holidays in 1381 and was buried at the Graça Church in Santarém,[1] which he and his wife, who was still alive in 1404 and was subsequently buried next to her husband, had founded.[4]

Marriage and issue

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He was married to Guiomar Lopes Pacheco,[4] daughter of Lopo Fernandes Pacheco and Maria Rodríguez de Villalobos.[1] They were the parents of:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 118.
  2. ^ Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 117–121.
  3. ^ Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 117.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 240.
  5. ^ Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1997, Vol. I, pp. 793–796.
  6. ^ Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 235.
  7. ^ a b Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 30 and 235.
  8. ^ Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 117–118.
  9. ^ a b c Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 119.
  10. ^ a b Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 120.
  11. ^ a b c d e Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 121.
  12. ^ Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 241.
  13. ^ Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 121–122.

Bibliography

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  • Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade. OCLC 794223590.
  • Sotto Mayor Pizarro, José Augusto (1997). Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas: Genealogias e Estratégias (1279-1325 (in Portuguese). Vol. I and II. Oporto: Doctorate thesis, author’s edition. hdl:10216/18023.|
  • Sotto Mayor Pizarro, José Augusto P. (1987). Os Patronos do Mosteiro de Grijo: Evolução e Estrutura da Familia Nobre Séculos XI a XIV (in Portuguese). Oporto.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)