This family name comes from Lopo Dias de Lira Varela, son of Afonso de Aragão, a Neapolitan knight. Lopo Dias served in Africa, became a nobleman of the royal household in 1515, and a professed knight of the Order of Christ.
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Lopo Dias de Lira Varela
Son of Afonso de Aragão, Neapolitan knight, nobleman of the royal household in 1515, professed knight of the Order of Christ
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1515
Lopo Dias de Lira Varela becomes a nobleman of the royal household and a professed knight of the Order of Christ