Rui Gil Moniz Explained

Rui Gil Moniz (formerly Rui Gil) was a Portuguese nobleman.

Life

He was a son of Gil Aires and wife Leonor Rodrigues.

He was a Treasurer of the Casa da Moeda of Lisbon.

Marriage and issue

He married Filipa de Almada, daughter of João Vaz de Almada, Vedor of King Afonso V of Portugal, and wife Violante de Castro, and had:

• Garcia Moniz
• Francisco de Almada, Commander of Esgueira and / or Aguim in the Order of Christ, of the old ones who were unmarried, but had natural children
• Frei Nicolau Moniz, who was made himself a Friar of the Carmelites and then went out and became a Clergyman
• Leonor Moniz, second wife of Jorge de Sousa, without issue

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