Martim Afonso de Melo (1360–1432) was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Arega and Barbacena. He served as Alcaide of Évora, and Guarda-mor of John I of Portugal...
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Martim Afonso de Sousa (c. 1500 – 21 July 1564) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. Martim Afonso de Sousa was born in Vila...
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Rui) Afonso de Melo, 1st Count of Olivença (ca. 1430-25 November 1487) was a Portuguese nobleman, son of Martim Afonso de Melo, Lord of Ferreira de Aves...
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Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 1453 – 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman. He served as viceroy of Portuguese...
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Martins de Melo (-1388) was a Portuguese noblemen, Lord of Castanheira. He served as Alcaide-mor of Évora. He was the son of Martim Afonso de Melo, 4th Lord...
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leaders in Azemmour and Safim, including João de Meneses, Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho, and Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde, coordinated their efforts to defend...
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Warned of Mughal preparations, the Portuguese captain of Daman Martim Afonso de Melo dispatched messengers to neighbouring villages ordering its inhabitants...
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Martim Afonso de Melo Jusarte around 1522–1525, who traveled around the archipelagos of Aru (with the reference "Here wintered Martin Afonso de Melo")...
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Martim Afonso de Melo (Jusarte) and Garcia Henriques explored the Tanimbar Islands (the archipelago labelled "aqui invernou Martim Afonso de Melo" and...
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Afonso V of Portugal. João was born in Portugal, the son of Martim Afonso de Melo and Briolanja de Sousa. His wife was Isabel da Silveira daughter of Nuno...
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Martim Afonso de Melo, in 1522–24, who sighted the islands and wintered on a nearby island or of the Aru archipelago itself, and possibly by Gomes de...
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Islands, which they named "Islands de Sequeira ". Explorers such as Martim Afonso de Melo (1522-24), and possibly Gomes de Sequeira (1526-1527), sighted the...
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and the goods captured from the Portuguese ships. In August 1522, Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho arrived at Tuen Mun with three ships, unaware of the conflict...
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Cornelis Matelief de Jonge that led to the battle of Cape Rachado. Although the Dutch were routed, the Portuguese fleet of Martim Afonso de Castro, the Viceroy...
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Retrieved 14 December 2011. On fol. 108v. it is stated that Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho went from Malacca to China in 1521, but in fol. 121 it...
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captain of Malacca, Pedro de Mascarenhas (1525–1526), who had dispatched a mission to Pahang led by Martim Afonso de Melo Jusarte. In 1525, two Portuguese...
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family: Sister of Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, Count of Olivença, both part of the numerous offspring of Martim Afonso de Melo, Chief-guard to the King Edward...
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military alliance against the Zamorin of Calicut and Goa was captured by Afonso de Albuquerque in 1510. The Sultanate of Gujarat was hostile towards the...
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Duarte de Meneses, dispatched a fleet of 2 galleons, 3 galleys, 13 light-galleys, and 650 soldiers under the command of Martim Afonso de Melo to expel...
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property and goods in the Pires embassy's possession. In 1522, Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho was appointed commander of another Portuguese fleet sent...
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parents were Martim Afonso de Mello (son of João de Melo), and Leonor Barreto daughter of Gonçalo Nunes Barreto and Isabel Pereira. Jorge de Melo was married...
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the royal bodyguard Dom Martim Afonso de Melo all turned down the proposal of the king, but the Count of Viana Dom Pedro de Meneses willingly volunteered...
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Castle of Barbacena (redirect from Castelo de Barbacena)
King Afonso. During the reign of King D. John I, there is reference to two partisan noblemen, João Fernandes Pacheco and Martim Afonso de Melo. The latter...
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twined freises. In 1504, D. Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, son of Martim Afonso de Melo and, inheritor of the town of Ferreira de Aves, among others, received the...
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mission was strengthened by the arrival of Tristão da Cunha's squadron. Afonso de Albuquerque's squadron had, however, split from that of Cunha off east...
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Fernandes Coutinho and Maria de Sousa. Gonçalo was married to Beatriz de Melo, daughter of Martim Afonso de Melo and Briolanja de Sousa. Gonçalo Coutinho was...
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Santa Clara, in Lisbon Ana or Maria Ana de Ataíde, married to Heitor de Melo, bastard son of Martim Afonso de Melo, without issue Manuel João da Costa Felgueiras...
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Jorge de Melo, General of the Galleys, member of the Council of War D. Luis Álvares da Cunha, Lord of the Majorat of Olivais D. Martim Afonso de Melo, 2nd...
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after her marriage to Afonso VI of Portugal had been annulled. Similarly, the Duke of Cadaval, Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval, the...
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de Menezes, who captained one of the ships. On the outgoing leg, Menezes's armada was joined by a squadron of four ships, commanded by Martim Afonso de...
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