João Afonso Telo
1st count of Ourém
4th count of Barcelos
Born14th century
Kingdom of Portugal
Died1381
Kingdom of Portugal
BuriedGraça Church

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

Life

Interior of Graça Church in Santarém where João Afonso Telo and his wife were buried.

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 2 3 Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 118.
  2. ↑ Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 117–121.
  3. ↑ Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 117.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 240.
  5. ↑ Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1997, Vol. I, pp. 793–796.
  6. ↑ Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 235.
  7. 1 2 Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 30 and 235.
  8. ↑ Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 117–118.
  9. 1 2 3 Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 119.
  10. 1 2 Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 120.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Braamcamp Freire 1921, p. 121.
  12. ↑ Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 241.
  13. ↑ Braamcamp Freire 1921, pp. 121–122.

Bibliography

  • Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra (in Portuguese). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade. OCLC 794223590.
  • Sotto Mayor Pizarro, José Augusto (1997). Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas: Genealogias e Estratégias (1279-1325 (in Portuguese). Vol. I and II. Oporto: Doctorate thesis, author’s edition. hdl:10216/18023.|
  • Sotto Mayor Pizarro, José Augusto P. (1987). Os Patronos do Mosteiro de Grijo: Evolução e Estrutura da Familia Nobre Séculos XI a XIV (in Portuguese). Oporto.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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