- Son of João Afonso Telo de Meneses, 4th Count of Barcelos and 1st Count of Ourém, and his wife Guiomar Lopes Pacheco.
- According to Fernão Lopes, he became 5th Count of Barcelos owing to the influence of his cousin Queen Leonor Teles. [Fernando, ch. 65: 24-27]
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