João Afonso Telo de Meneses, 1st Count of Viana do Alentejo

  1. Son of João Afonso Telo de Meneses, 1st Count of Ourém and 4th Count of Barcelos.
  2. Cousin to Queen Leonor Teles and father of Dom Pedro de Meneses, 1st Count of Vila Real and future Governor of Ceuta (1415-1430 and 1434-1437).
  3. Was sent to Castile as hostage to Enrique II of Castile and guarantor of the conditions agreed in the Treaty of Alcoutim (1371). He was also accompanie by two brothers of Dona Leonor Teles, João Afonso Telo and Gonçalo Teles.
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Chronicle entries in which João Afonso Telo de Meneses, 1st Count of Viana do Alentejo appears:

Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 59: 40
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 82: 128-129

Events associated with João Afonso Telo de Meneses, 1st Count of Viana do Alentejo

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