Álvaro da Cunha

Álvaro da Cunha
Lord
Bornc. 1371
Kingdom of Portugal
Died15th-century
Kingdom of Portugal

Álvaro da Cunha (c. 1371–?) was a Portuguese nobleman, 3rd Lord of Pombeiro.[1]

Biography

Álvaro was born in Portugal, was the son of João Lourenço da Cunha and Leonor Telles de Meneses.[2] His wife was Beatriz Martins de Melo a descendant of Afonso Mendes de Melo.[3]

His daughter Filipa da Cunha married Leonel de Lima, the first Viscount of Vila Nova de Cerveira, in 1432.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Monumenta Henricina, Volume IV (1431-1434). UC Biblioteca Geral.
  2. ^ Dissertaciones Ecclesiasticas por el honor de los antiguos. Gaspar Ibañez de Segovia Peralta y Mendoza, Domingos Duarte Capriata -. 1747.
  3. ^ Os Pinto Coelho Da Cunha. Wendel Albert Oliveira Pereira. 9 July 2007.
  4. ^ Braamcamp Freire, Anselmo (1921). Brasões da Sala de Sintra (in European Portuguese). Robarts - University of Toronto. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade. pp. 75–87.
  5. ^ Archivo heraldico-genealogico contendo noticias. Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Sanches de Baena (Visconde de). 1872. p. 428. Leonel de Lima Filipa da Cunha beatriz de melo.