João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos

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João Afonso Telo de Menezes (died 1381)[1] was a Portuguese nobleman, 1st Count of Ourém and 4th Count of Barcelos.[2]

Life

João Afonso Telo was the second son of Afonso Martins Telo "Raposo"[3] and Berengária Lourenço de Valadares,[4] daughter of Lourenço Soares de Valadares — advisor to kings Afonso III and Denis of Portugal — and his second wife Sancha Nunes de Chacim.[5] Berengária was also the sister of Aldonça Lourenço de Valadares, the mother of Inés de Castro.[6]

João Afonso Telo was a trusted advisor of King Pedro I and his son King Fernando I of Portugal, married to his niece, Leonor Teles.[7] He was also the alferes-mor of King Pedro I who on 10 October 1357 made him Count of Barcelos[4] and appears with the title of Count of Ourém in December 1371 after King Fernando I had given him the town of Ourém in January of the previous year but without the title of count at that time.[8]

He died during the Christmas holidays in 1381 and was buried at the Graça Church in Santarém,[1] which he and his wife, who was still alive in 1404 and was subsequently buried next to her husband, had founded.[4]

Marriage and issue

He was married to Guiomar Lopes Pacheco,[4] daughter of Lopo Fernandes Pacheco and Maria Rodríguez de Villalobos.[1] They were the parents of:

  • Afonso Telo de Meneses,[9] 5th Count of Barcelos, by charter dated 20 March 1372,[4][10] but since he died before his father and without having any issue,[4] the title again reverted to his father.[11]
  • João Afonso Telo[9] (died in 1384),[9] 1st Count of Viana do Alentejo in March 1373, while his father was still alive.[11] He did not inherit the titles of Count of Barcelos or Ourém since the former title was given to João Afonso Telo and the latter one to Juan Fernández Andeiro.[11] He was killed by his vassals in 1384 because he had supported the cause of the King John I of Castile,[11] pretender to the throne of Portugal during the political crisis of 1383–1385. He and his wife, Maior de Portocarrero,[12] daughter of João Rodrigues de Portocarrero,[11] were the parents of Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real and the 2nd Count of Viana do Alentejo.[13]
  • Leonor de Meneses,[10] married to Pedro de Castro, Lord of Cadaval and son of Álvaro Pires de Castro.[7]

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3]Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 118.
  2. 2.Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 117–121.
  3. 3.Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 117.
  4. 4.[4.2][4.3][4.4][4.5][4.6]Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 240.
  5. 5.Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1997, Vol. I, pp. 793–796.
  6. 6.Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 235.
  7. 7.[7.2]Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 30 and 235.
  8. 8.Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 117–118.
  9. 9.[9.2][9.3]Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 119.
  10. 10.[10.2]Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 120.
  11. 11.[11.2][11.3][11.4][11.5]Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 121.
  12. 12.Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 241.
  13. 13.Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 121–122.