Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima)
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Álvaro Pires de Castro
Álvaro Pires de Castro , was a powerful Galician-Portuguese nobleman, stem of the Portuguese branch of the House of Castro...
, brother of Inês de Castro
Inês de Castro
Inês Peres de Castro was a Galician noblewoman born of a Portuguese mother...
, granted by King Ferdinand I of Portugal
Ferdinand I of Portugal
Ferdinand I , sometimes referred to as the Handsome or rarely as the Inconstant , was the ninth King of Portugal and the Algarve, the second son of Peter I and his wife, Constance of Castile...
on June 1, 1371. D. Álvaro was already 1st. Count of Arraiolos
Count of Arraiolos
Count of Arraiolos is a Portuguese title granted, in 1377 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom Álvaro Pires de Castro, a galician noble, brother of Inês de Castro...
and 1st. Counstable of Portugal.
This county returned to the Crown when the 1st, Count died and it was granted again to Duarte de Menezes on July 6, 1446, by King Edward of Portugal, exchanging it by the county of Viana (do Alentejo)
Count of Viana (do Alentejo)
Count of Viana was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. João Afonso Telo de Menezes, direct cousin to Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes, by King Ferdinand I of Portugal royal decree, dated from March 13, 1373....
, which returned to the Crown. Meanwhile, the county of Viana (da Foz do Lima) was later inherited by his son, Henrique de Menezes.
This title concerned to the city known today as Viana do Castelo, located in the Lima's mouth
Mouth (water stream)
A river mouth or stream mouth is a part of a stream where it flows into another stream, river, lake, reservoir, sea, or ocean.* River delta* Estuary* Liman...
(in Portuguese Foz do Lima).
List of the Counts of Viana (da Foz do Lima)
- Álvaro Pires de CastroÁlvaro Pires de CastroÁlvaro Pires de Castro , was a powerful Galician-Portuguese nobleman, stem of the Portuguese branch of the House of Castro...
(c.1310-1384), also 1st. Count of ArraiolosCount of ArraiolosCount of Arraiolos is a Portuguese title granted, in 1377 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom Álvaro Pires de Castro, a galician noble, brother of Inês de Castro...
and Constable of PortugalConstable of PortugalConstable of Portugal or Constable of the Kingdom was a title created by the King of Portugal Ferdinand I in 1382, to substitute the title Alferes Mór do Reino. The constable was the second most powerful person in the kingdom, after the King of Portugal...
; - Duarte de MenezesDuarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of VianaDom Duarte de Menezes, was a 15th C. Portuguese nobleman and military figure. Duarte de Menezes was the 3rd Count of Viana do Alentejo, 2nd Count of Viana , Lord of Caminha and the first Portuguese captain of Alcácer-Ceguer.- Family :Duarte de Menezes was an illegitimate...
(1414–1464), also 3rd Count of Viana (do Alentejo)Count of Viana (do Alentejo)Count of Viana was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. João Afonso Telo de Menezes, direct cousin to Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes, by King Ferdinand I of Portugal royal decree, dated from March 13, 1373....
; - Henrique de Menezes (c.1450- ? ), also 4th Count of Viana (do Alentejo) and 1st Count of LouléCount of LouléCount of 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....
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See also
- Count of Viana (do Alentejo)Count of Viana (do Alentejo)Count of Viana was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. João Afonso Telo de Menezes, direct cousin to Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes, by King Ferdinand I of Portugal royal decree, dated from March 13, 1373....
- Count of LouléCount of LouléCount of 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....
- List of countships in Portugal