- Galician nobleman who, together with several other vassals of the murdered Pedro I of Castile, sought exile in Portugal and encouraged King Fernando to wage war on Castile and remove the usurper Enrique II from the throne. [See: Isabel de Pina Baleiras, Uma Rainha Inesperada, Leonor Teles (Lisbon: 2013), p.70]
- Distant relative of Leonor Teles, wife of Fernando of Portugal, as she was also related to the Valadares family [See: Isabel de Pina Baleiras, Uma Rainha Inesperada, Leonor Teles (Lisbon: 2013), p.70]