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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

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and a

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of his royal household and Alcaide-Mór of Arraiolos.

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: *

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* António Moniz, died a child, young, unmarried * Gil Aires Moniz, died a child, young, unmarried * (bastard) Jerónimo Moniz, who was a

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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 * Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal de 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Moniz De Lusignan, Febo Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 15th-century Portuguese nobility 16th-century Portuguese people