Person noble settler landowner
Diogo Afonso de Aguiar
noble · settler · landowner
First bearer of the Aguiar name in Madeira, one of four noblemen sent by Afonso V to marry Zarco's daughters; he married Isabel da Câmara and held many sesmaria lands. He was the father of D. Nuno, Pedro Afonso and Rui Dias de Aguiar, and his family gave its name to Lombo dos Aguiares.
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- Immaculate Conception (chapels) — Founded a coastal chapel in Tabua parish in 1688.
- Dias — Father of Rui Dias de Aguiar, early bearer of the Dias surname in Madeira.
- Aguiar — First bearer of the Aguiar name in Madeira, one of four noblemen sent by Afonso V to marry Zarco's daughters.
- Sons and sons-in-law of Zarco — Husband of Isabel da Câmara, holder of many sesmaria lands on Madeira.
- Aguiar (Dom Nuno) — Father of D. Nuno de Aguiar.
- Aguiar (Pedro Afonso) — Father of Pedro Afonso and Rui de Aguiar.
- Aguiar (Rui Dias de) — His father.
- Lombo dos Aguiares — Son-in-law of Zargo whose family owned the site and gave it its name.
