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Portugal
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Guarda, Portugal
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Bishop
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Gil Cabral (1300s–1362) was a Portuguese nobleman, who served as priest and bishop of
Guarda, Portugal
Guarda () is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda and the capital of the Beiras e Serra da Estrela sub-region in Norte Region, Portugal, northern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 40,126, in an area of with 31,224 inhabitants in ...
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Biography
Cabral was born in Portugal, the son of João Martins Cabral, a noble medieval knight, belonging to the Portuguese elite. The name of his wife is unknown, Cabral had two sons Maria Gil Cabral and
Álvaro Gil Cabral
Álvaro Gil Cabral (c.1335-?) was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Belmonte, Portugal, Belmonte, and Quintela de Azurara, Azurara. He served as Castellan#Portugal, Alcaide of Guarda, Portugal between 1383 and 1399.
Biography
Álvaro was born in t ...
, noble knight, who held important political and military positions during the reign of
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 ...
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Gil Cabral was the direct ancestor of
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral (; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; ) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever be on four continents, ...
, the discoverer of
Brazil
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. According to ancient sources, the Cabral family were descendants of Carano founder of The Macedonian Empire.{{cite book, title=Frei Gonçalo Velho, Volumen 2, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kPqfAAAAMAAJ&q=Frei+Gon%C3%A7alo+Velho+-+Volumen+2 , year= 1900, publisher=Ayres de Sá