Genealogical Summary
The House of Vila Real had their origins in Dom Pedro de Menezes, also known as Peter I of Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real, 2nd Count of Viana (do Alentejo) and 1st Governor of Ceuta after the Portuguese conquest, in 1415. However the Counts, later Marquesses, have royal ancestry (both Portuguese and Spanish), once they descended from King Ferdinand I of Portugal and from King Henry II of Castile.
K.= King Peter I C.= Count/Countess (1320–1367) M.= Marquess K.of Portugal | ____________|........... | : | : Henry II Ferdinand I John I (1333–1379) (1345–1383) (1357–1433) K.of Castile K.of Portugal K.of Portugal : : | : : | : : | PETER I of Menezes Alphonso Enriquez<----->Isabel of Portugal Duarte I (1350–1437) (1350–1395) | (1364–1435) (1391–1438) 1st.C.of Vila Real (1424) C.of Noreña y Gijón | K.of Portugal | (in Castile) | | | | | | | | BEATRICE of Menezes<----------------->FERDINAND I of Noronha Royal House of Portugal (1400-...) | (1380-...) 2nd.C.of Vila Real | 2nd.C.of Vila Real | | PETER II of Menezes (1425–1499) 3rd.C.of Vila Real 1st.M.of Vila Real | | | House of Vila RealRead more about this topic: Marquis Of Vila Real
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