Garcia Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman.

Life

He was the eldest son of Rui Gil Moniz and wife Filipa de Almada. He held the office of his father of

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of the Casa da Moeda of

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and was a

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of Nossa Senhora da Conceição of Lisbon,

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of the Royal Household of King

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Marriages and issue

He married firstly Brites Pereira, daughter of the Licentiate Luís Esteves da Veiga Lobo, Over

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of the House of the

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, and wife, without issue, and married secondly Genebra ..., daughter of Cristóvão Juzarte, from Azinhaga, and wife, without issue, and had a bastard daughter: * Margarida or Madalena Moniz, the daughter of a tarnished woman, "''who was a cow"'' and married lowerly, wife of a mechanical officer named Pero Fernandes

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Moniz, Garcia Portuguese nobility Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 16th-century Portuguese people