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João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos

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1381, Kingdom of Portugal

João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos

João Afonso Telo de Menezes (died 1381) was a Portuguese nobleman, 1st Count of Ourém, 1st Count of Viana do Alentejo, and 4th Count of Barcelos.

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Life

João Afonso Telo was the second son of Afonso Martins Telo "Raposo" and Berengária Lourenço de Valadares, daughter of Lourenço Soares de Valadares — advisor to kings Afonso III and Denis of Portugal — and his second wife Sancha Nunes de Chacim. João Afonso Telo was a trusted advisor of King Pedro I and his son King Fernando I of Portugal. He was also the alferes-mor of King Pedro who on 10 October 1357 made him Count of Barcelos and appears with the title of Count of Ourem in December 1371 after King Fernando I had given him the town of Ourem in January of the previous year but without the title of count at that time.

He died during the Christmas holidays in 1381 and was buried with his wife, who was still alive in 1404, at the Graça Church in Santarém, which they had founded.

Marriage and issue

He was married to Guiomar Lopes Pacheco, daughter of Lopo Fernandes Pacheco and Maria Rodríguez de Villalobos. They were the parents of:

  • Afonso Telo de Meneses, 5th Count of Barcelos, by charter dated 20 March 1372, but since he died before his father and without having any issue, the title again reverted to his father.
  • João Afonso Telo (died in 1384) Count of Viana do Alentejo in March 1373, while his father was still alive. He did not inherit the titles of Count of Barcelos or Ourem since the former title was given to João Afonso Telo and the latter one to Juan Fernández Andeiro. He was killed by his vassals in 1384 because he had supported the cause of the King John I of Castile, pretender to the throne of Portugal during the political crisis of 1383–1385. He and his wife, Maior de Portocarrero, daughter of João Rodrigues de Portocarreiro, were the parents of Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real and the 2nd Count of Viana do Alentejo.
  • Leonor de Meneses, married to Pedro de Castro, Lord of Cadaval and son of Álvaro Pires de Castro.

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