Count of Odemira

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Coat of Arms of Sancho of Noronha, 1st Count of Odemira.

Count of Odemira (in Portuguese Conde de Odemira) was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. by royal decree issued on 9 October 1446, by King Afonso V of Portugal.

Sancho de Noronha was the third son of (natural son of King Henry II of Castile) and of his wife Isabel of Portugal (natural daughter of King Fernando I of Portugal).

List of the Counts of Odemira (1446)[]

  1. Sancho de Noronha (c.1390- ? );
  2. Maria de Noronha, his daughter, married to Afonso, 1st Count of Faro;
  3. Sancho de Noronha (c.1470- ? ), their eldest son;
  4. Sancho de Noronha (c.1515-1573), his grandson;
  5. Afonso de Noronha (c.1535-1578), his son, died in the battle of Alcácer Quibir;
  6. Sancho de Noronha (1579–1641);
  7. Francisco de Faro (c.1575- ? ) a distant cousin from a collateral branch;
  8. Maria de Faro (c.1610-1664), married to the 1st Duke of Cadaval;
  9. Joana de Faro (1661–1669), last countess of Odemira and countess of Tentúgal (as heir of the Duke of Cadaval).

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"Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" Vol III, pages 65/68. Published by Zairol, Lda., Lisbon, 1989.

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