Article Nº 1100 Family, surname or lineage Vol. I · pp. 633–634
Coutinho (family)
Original title: Coutinho
Short note on the Coutinho family of Madeira, descended from the merchant Luiz Fernandes de Matos Coutinho, who settled on the island around 1580.
This family surname derives from Luís Fernandes de Matos Coutinho, who came to Madeira around 1580 and had a large trading house here. This Luís Coutinho was the son of the knight
António Vaz de Matos, who accompanied Afonso de Albuquerque to India.
The chapel of Our Lady of Quietude (Nossa Senhora da Quietação), in Santo António, was founded in 1670 by Lourenço de Matos Coutinho, who was probably descended from the said Luís Coutinho.
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