Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos explained

Pedro Martins
Birth Date:c. 1160
Birth Place:Kingdom of Portugal
Nationality:Portuguese
Occupation:Knight
Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos
Spouse:Teresa Soares da Silva
Children:João Peres de Vasconcelos, Sancha Peres de Vasconcelos
Mother:Teresa Afonso
Father:Martim Moniz

Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos, was a Portuguese 12th-century noble knight, son of Martim Moniz[1] (legendary figure of the Siege of Lisbon in 1147) and Teresa Afonso.

He was the Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos, located in the parish of Santa Maria de Ferreiros (municipality of Amares), in the north of Portugal, in the modern district of Braga.[2] The said tower, seat of the preeminent family of the Vasconcelos, had previously belonged to the Order of the Knights Templar.

Pedro Martins married Teresa Soares da Silva, and had a son and a daughter:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Eugénio de Castro (1933), Os Meus Vasconcelos, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.7.
  2. Book: Freire, Anselmo Braamcamp . Brasões da Sala de Sintra, Livro Primeiro . 1921 . Coimbra : Imprensa da Universidade . Robarts - University of Toronto . Coimbra . 337 . pt.
  3. Eugénio de Castro (1933), Os Meus Vasconcelos, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.7.
  4. José Augusto de Sotto Mayor Pizarro (1999), Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas, Porto, Universidade Moderna, 1st vol., p.481.
  5. Cristovão Alão de Morais & Carvalhos de Basto (1997), Pedatura Lusitana, 2nd ed., Braga, 3rd vol., p.9.
  6. Eugénio de Castro (1933), Os Meus Vasconcelos, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.8.