- Dom Fernando de Almada
Dom Fernando de Almada, 2nd
Earl of Avranches (inPortugal the title became indigenated asConde de Avranches ) (b. c. 1430, d. c.April 29 ,1496 ), was the only son ofDom Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Earl of Avranches ' second marriage to Dona Catarina de Castro.He succeeded his father at the office of Captain Major of the
Galleys by Letter ofFebruary 28 ,1456 . He went along with Dom Afonso V toFrance in 1476 and, atTours , Louis XI granted him the title ofComte d' Avranches , sinceNormandy was then included in the Crown ofFrance . He had the confirmation of the title in 1476 or 1477, being designated as "of our Counsil and Captain Major in all our Kingdoms". The grace was again confirmed onMay 7 ,1478 by Dom João, Prince Heir and Regent (later Dom João II), with the settlement of 102,864 reais brancos (white reals).He married in 1463 to Dona Constança de Noronha, "niece of the King" and Damsel of Princess Dona Joana (Saint Joana), daughter of Dom Rui Vaz Pereira and his wife Dona Beatriz de Noronha, bastard daughter of the Count de
Noroña yGijón (a bastard son of KingHenry II of Castile ), maternal grand-aunt ofPope Paul IV , and had issue:* Dom Pedro de Almada
* Dom Antão de Almada, 6th Lord of Lagares de El-Rei (b. c. 1465),Alcalde ofLisbon , married to Dona Maria de Meneses (daughter of Dom Rodrigo de Meneses, Commander ofGrândola , and wife Leonor Mascarenhas), and had issue, also had a daughter born out of wedlock by an unknown mother
* Dona Isabel de Noronha e Castro (b. c. 1475), married to António de Mendonça Furtado (b. c. 1475) (son of Nuno Furtado de Mendonça,Hidalgo of theRoyal Household , and wife Leonor da Silva), had issueOut of wedlock, he had two more children by an unknown mother:
* Dona Beatriz Fernandes de Abranches (1461-1500), married as his first wife to Diogo Afonso,
Hidalgo of theRoyal Household , had issue (ancestors ofAristides de Sousa Mendes )
* Dom Rui Fernandes de Almada, married to an unknown woman (probably from the Carneiro family), had issueources
*Various Authors, "Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil", Volume Segundo, p. 356-7, Lisbon, Portugal, 1960
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