Febo Moniz de Lusignan or simply Febo (or Febos) Moniz was a Portuguese

Portuguese people

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 nobleman.

Biography

He was the only child of Vasco Gil Moniz

Vasco Gil Moniz

Vasco Gil Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman.-Life:He was the second born son of Gil Aires Moniz and wife Maria Pires.He was a Vedor of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, son of King John I of Portugal....

 and his second wife, Eléonore de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus

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He was a Reposteiro-Mór (a major footman at the royal household encharged with drawing and undrawing the curtains and hangings and treasurer of the store-house for furniture) of King Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I , the Fortunate , 14th king of Portugal and the Algarves was the son of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, , by his wife, Infanta Beatrice of Portugal...

 and a Fidalgo

Fidalgo

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 of his Royal Household

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 and Alcaide-Mór of Arraiolos

Arraiolos

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Marriage and issue

He married Catarina or Maria da Cunha, daughter of Gonçalo Correia, third Lord of the Honour of Farelães, and wife Margarida de Prado, who was promised by King Manuel I of Portugal 6,000 crowns for the marriage, and had issue, three sons by marriage and one bastard son:

• Jerónimo Moniz
  Jerónimo Moniz
  Jerónimo Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman.-Life:He was the eldest son of Febo Moniz de Lusignan and wife Catarina or Maria da Cunha.Like his father, he was also a Reposteiro-Mór of the same King Manuel I of Portugal.-Marriage and...
  
  
• António Gil Moniz or António Moniz or António Gil, died young, some say unmarried and without issue, in fact a Knight
  Knight
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   of the Royal Household
  Royal Household
  A Royal Household in ancient and medieval monarchies formed the basis for the general government of the country as well as providing for the needs of the sovereign and his relations....
  
   and married to Isabel Fogaça, and had only one son, the progenitor of the Moniz of Alcochete:
  • Manuel Moniz, married to Isabel Maria Vaz
• Gil Aires Moniz, died young, unmarried
• (bastard) Jerónimo Moniz, who was a Clergyman

Sources

• Manuel João da Costa Felgueiras Gaio, "Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal", Tomo Vigésimo Primeiro, Título de Monizes, § 17, § 18 e § 19
• Various Authors, "Armorial Lusitano", Lisbon, 1961, pp. 370–372
• Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal Sousa e Silva, 1.º Visconde de Sanches de Baena, "Archivo Heraldico-Genealógico", Lisbon, 1872, Volume II, p. CXV
• Cristóvão Alão de Morais, "Pedatura Lusitana", Volume I (reformulated edition), pp. 668–670