Article Nº 2336 Family, surname or lineage Vol. II · pp. 673–674
Melo
The Melo family name, which became linked with the Câmara and Noronha families through the marriage of Filipa de Noronha, daughter of the second donatary of Funchal.
This family surname, says Dr Álvaro R. de Azevedo, became linked with those of the Câmaras and the Noronhas through the marriage of Dona Filipa de Noronha, second daughter of João Gonçalves da Câmara, second donatary (donatário) of Funchal, to Henrique Henriques, lord of Alcáçovas, son of Dom Fernando Henriques and Dona Branca de Mello.
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