Rui Gil Moniz

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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.

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:

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

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