Article Nº 0116 Family, surname or lineage Vol. I · p. 66
Alcoforado
An old noble surname, long extinct in Madeira, first borne on the island by Gonçalo Pinto Alcoforado, who settled in Machico around 1500 and founded an entailed estate there.
It is an old and noble surname, but one long extinct in Madeira. The first to bear it here was Gonçalo Pinto Alcoforado, who came to the island around 1500 and settled in Machico, where he died, having founded an entailed estate (morgadio) there.
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