Count of Penela
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Penela
Penela Municipality is located in Coimbra District, in Portugal. It contains the town of Penela. The towns's main tourist attraction is the Penela Castle.-External links:*...
was a Portuguese
Portugal
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title of nobility. It was created on October 10, 1471, 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:...
and granted to his 4th cousin, Dom
Don (honorific)
Don, from Latin dominus, is an honorific in Spanish , Portuguese , and Italian . The female equivalent is Doña , Dona , and Donna , abbreviated "Dª" or simply "D."-Usage:...
Afonso de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 1st Count of Penela.
Dom Afonso was close related to the Portuguese royal family, once his great-grandfather was Infante John of Portugal
Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos
Infante Dom John of Portugal was the son of Portuguese King Peter I and a Castilian noblewoman named Inês de Castro that had arrived in Portugal as a maid of Infanta Constance of Castile, recently married to Pedro I .-Background:Considering John an Infante of Portugal is a debatable subject...
(son of Peter I of Portugal
Peter I of Portugal
Peter I , called the Just , was the eighth King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portugal and his wife, princess Beatrice of Castile....
and Inês de Castro
Inês de Castro
Inês Peres de Castro was a Galician noblewoman born of a Portuguese mother...
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Genealogy Summary
Pedro I(1320–1367)
King of Portugal
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Fernando I Infante João
Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos
Infante Dom John of Portugal was the son of Portuguese King Peter I and a Castilian noblewoman named Inês de Castro that had arrived in Portugal as a maid of Infanta Constance of Castile, recently married to Pedro I .-Background:Considering John an Infante of Portugal is a debatable subject...
João I
John I of Portugal
John I KG , called the Good or of Happy Memory, more rarely and outside Portugal the Bastard, was the tenth King of Portugal and the Algarve and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta...
(1345–1383) (1349–1397) (1357–1433)
King of Portugal Duke of Valencia de Campos King of Portugal
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Beatrice
Beatrice of Portugal
Beatrice was the only surviving child of King Ferdinand I of Portugal and his wife, Leonor Telles de Menezes. She married King John I of Castile. In the absence of a male heir, she claimed the throne of Portugal, supported by her husband. This led to the 1383–1385 Crisis, in which the Portuguese...
Afonso Duarte I
(1372–1408) (c.1370- ? ) (1391–1438)
Queen de jure Lord of Cascais King of Portugal
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Fernando de Vasconcelos |
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Afonso de Vasconcelos Royal House of Portugal
(1441- ? )
1st Count of Penela
A second creation of this title occurred in December 1907, when King Charles I of Portugal granted it to José Maria de Portugal de Vasconcelos da Costa Mexia de Matos.
First creation (1471)
- Afonso de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 1st Count of Penela (born 1441)
- João de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 2nd Count of Penela (born 1470)
Second Creation (1907)
- José Maria de Portugal de Vasconcelos da Costa Mexia de Matos, 3rd Count of Penela (born 1868).