Count of Viana (do Alentejo) was a Portuguese

title of nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the rea ...

granted to D. João Afonso Telo, who was the second son of

João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos {{Infobox noble, type , name = João Afonso Telo , image = Afonso Telo de Menezes, Conde de Ourém - História de Portugal, popular e ilustrada.png , title = 1st count of Ourém4th count of Barcelos , birth ...

and a cousin of Queen

Leonor Teles Leonor Teles (or Teles de Meneses; ) was queen consort of Portugal by marriage to King Ferdinand I, and regent of Portugal. She was one of the protagonists, along with her brothers and her daughter Beatrice, of the events that led to the su ...

, by King

Ferdinand I of Portugal Ferdinand I (; 31 October 1345 – 22 October 1383), sometimes called the Handsome () or occasionally the Inconstant (), was the King of Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. He was also briefly made King of Galicia, in 1369 (a claim whi ...

pursuant to a royal decree dated 19 March 1373. The first count belonged to one of the most powerful families among the Portuguese nobility and even though he supported

Beatrice of Portugal Beatrice (, ; 7–13 February 1373 – ) was the only surviving legitimate child of King Ferdinand I of Portugal and his wife, Leonor Teles. She became Queen consort of Castile by marriage to King John I of Castile. Following her father's d ...

's party during the 1383-1385 Crisis, the county of Viana (do Alentejo) was inherited by his descendants.

List of counts of Viana (do Alentejo)

# João Afonso Telo, (c. 1330-1384); # Pedro de Menezes (c.1370-1437), his son, also 1st Count of Vila Real; #

Duarte de Menezes Dom (honorific), Dom Duarte de Menezes (sometimes ''de Meneses'')(before 1488 – after 1539) was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, List of governors of Tangier, Governor of Tangier from 1508 to 1521 and 1536 to 153 ...

(1414–1464), his natural son, also 2nd Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima); # Henrique de Menezes (c.1450-1480), his son, also 3rd Count of Viana (da Foz do Lima) and 1st

Count of Loulé Count of Loulé (in Portuguese ''Conde de Loulé'') was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to Henrique de Menezes by royal decree issued on November 12, 1471, by King Afonso V of Portugal. Henrique de Menezes was the son of Duarte de Men ...

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Genealogy of the Count of Viana (do Alentejo), in Portuguese

Bibliography

* "Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" Vol III, pages 478/480. Published by Zairol, Lda., Lisbon, 1989. * {{Cite book, last = Braamcamp Freire, first = Anselmo, title = Livro primeiro dos Brasões de Sintra, publisher=Imprensa da Universidade , date=1921, location=Coimbra, oclc=794223590, language = pt, url=https://archive.org/stream/brasesdasalade01braauoft#page/n5/mode/2up

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Viana 1373 establishments in Europe 14th-century establishments in Portugal

List of counts of Viana (do Alentejo)

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