Sousa (Garcia Homem de)
Nobleman sent by the king to Madeira to marry a daughter of João Gonçalves Zargo; he wed Catarina Gonçalves da Câmara, held sesmaria lands and built the fortified manor of Santo Amaro.
He was one of the fidalgos sent by the king to this island to marry the daughters of João Gonçalves Zarco, and he married Zarco’s third daughter, Catarina Gonçalves da Câmara. He held sesmaria (royal land grant to settlers on condition of cultivation) lands in São Martinho (‘St Martin’) and Santo António, and built the fortified manor house of Santo Amaro (‘St Maurus’) to defend himself against his brothers-in-law, with whom he had quarrels for reasons that are not well known today. He was, says Dr Azevedo, a proud and violent man (see Santo Amaro (chapels)).
Henrique Henriques de Noronha says that Garcia Homem de Sousa was descended from Pedro Homem, one of the twelve knights who went to England.
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Place
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Abroad
- England
United Kingdom. Destination of the legendary twelve knights, one of whom was his ancestor.
England appears in the Elucidário as the first main market for Madeira embroidery and the main importer of Madeiran wicker. It was also the source of most butter consumed in Funchal in the early nineteenth century. It was a chief refuge for liberal emigrants fleeing Miguelist persecution, and several Madeirans studied or served as diplomats there.
- Santo Amaro
Funchal. Site of the fortified manor he built to defend himself from his brothers-in-law.
Santo Amaro is a locality in the parish of Santo António, Funchal, where the oldest Santo Amaro chapel stands. The chapel was founded in the fifteenth century by Garcia Homem de Sousa, son-in-law of Zargo, whose estate this was and who built a fortified manor there to defend himself from his brothers-in-law. The quinta was charged with an oil bequest.
- Santo António
Funchal. Area where Garcia Homem de Sousa held sesmaria lands.
Santo António is a parish in the municipality of Funchal, Madeira, where the São João stream rises and the Jesuits had their Pico do Cardo residence. Its church bears a 1783 Latin inscription, and the parish contains the Madalena, São João e Santana and Pópulo chapels; it also gives its name to a hill of about 400 metres near its church.
- São Martinho
Funchal. Area where Garcia Homem de Sousa held sesmaria lands.
São Martinho is a suburban parish west of Funchal, created in 1579 from São Pedro and partly added to the city in 1927. It had sugar factories, grew Tinta vines, and has characteristic volcanic bombs. It is the reputed birthplace of D. Nuno de Aguiar.
People
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Nobleman who married Zargo's third daughter, held sesmaria lands in São Martinho and Santo António and built the fortified manor of Santo Amaro.
- Álvaro Rodrigues de Azevedo1825–1898
Historian cited as describing Garcia Homem de Sousa as proud and violent.
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Third daughter of Zargo and wife of Garcia Homem de Sousa.
- Henrique Henriques de Noronha1667–1730
Genealogist who stated that Garcia Homem de Sousa descended from Pedro Homem.
- João Gonçalves Zarcod. 1467
Discoverer and first captain-donatary of Funchal, whose daughters were married to noblemen sent by the king.
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One of the legendary Twelve of England, named as ancestor of Garcia Homem de Sousa.