Count of Odemira

Odemira

Odemira is a municipality in the Portuguese region of Alentejo with a total area of 1,720.6 km² and a total population of 25,738 inhabitants....

(in Portuguese Conde de Odemira) was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. Sancho de Noronha by royal decree issued on October 9, 1446, by King Afonso V of Portugal

Afonso V of Portugal

Afonso V KG , called the African , was the twelfth King of Portugal and the Algarves. His sobriquet refers to his conquests in Northern Africa.-Early life:...

.

Sancho de Noronha was the third son of Alfonso, Count of Gijón and Noroña (natural son of King Henry II of Castile) and of his wife Isabel of Portugal

Isabel of Portugal, Countess of Gijón and Noroña

Isabel of Portugal was the natural daughter of King Ferdinand I of Portugal, from unknown mother.- Biography :Before 1386 she was betrothed to João Afonso Telo de Menezes, 1st Count of Viana , son of the powerful Dom João Afonso Telo de Menezes, 4th Count of Barcelos...

 (natural daughter of King Fernando I of Portugal.

List of the Counts of Odemira (1446)

1. Sancho de Noronha (c.1390- ? );
2. Maria de Noronha, his daughter, married to Afonso, 1st Count of Faro
   Count of Faro
   Count of Faro was a Portuguese title of nobility granted by royal decree issued on May 22, 1469, by King Afonso V of Portugal, to D. Afonso of Braganza , the third son of Fernando I, Duke of Braganza....
   
   ;
3. Sancho de Noronha (c.1470- ? ), their eldest son;
4. Sancho de Noronha (c.1515-1573), his grandson;
5. Afonso de Noronha (c.1535-1578), his son, died in the battle of Alcácer Quibir
   Battle of Alcácer Quibir
   The Battle of Ksar El Kebir, also known as Battle of Three Kings, or "Battle of Oued El Makhazeen" in Morocco, and Battle of Alcácer Quibir in Portugal , was fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir and Larache, on 4 August 1578...
   
   ;
6. Sancho de Noronha (1579–1641);
7. Francisco de Faro (c.1575- ? ) a distant cousin from a collateral branch;
8. Maria de Faro (c.1610-1664), married to the 1st Duke of Cadaval
   Duke of Cadaval
   The Dukes of Cadaval have their origins in Álvaro of Braganza, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval, 4th male son of Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. Dom Álvaro married Dona Phillipa of Melo, the rich daughter and heir of Rodrigo of Melo, 1st...
   
   ;
9. Joana de Faro (1661–1669), last countess of Odemira and countess of Tentúgal
   Count of Tentúgal
   Count of Tentúgal was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from January 1, 1504, by King Manuel I of Portugal, and granted to Dom Rodrigo de Melo, son of Álvaro of Braganza and Philippa of Melo .Twenty nine years later, in 1533, King John III of Portugal granted him...
   
    (as heir of the Duke of Cadaval
   Duke of Cadaval
   The Dukes of Cadaval have their origins in Álvaro of Braganza, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval, 4th male son of Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. Dom Álvaro married Dona Phillipa of Melo, the rich daughter and heir of Rodrigo of Melo, 1st...
   
   ).

External links

• Genealogy of the Counts of Odemira, in Portuguese