Master of Aviz
Ferdinand was too young to participate in the 1415 conquest of Ceuta led by his father, John I, in which his older brothers distinguished themselves and were knighted. As the youngest of many sons, Ferdinand did not obtain much of an endowment from his father, receiving only the Lordship of Salvaterra de Magos and a lifetime grant of Atougouia in 1429.
In 1434, after the death of his father John I and the administrator João Rodrigues de Sequeira, Ferdinand was appointed by his brother King Edward of Portugal as lay administrator of the Knightly Order of Aviz. Ferdinand was also offered the titular office of cardinal by Pope Eugene IV, but turned it down. Despite his piety, Ferdinand had no intention of pursuing a clerical career.
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