Person nobleman settler landowner
Francisco Moniz, o Velho
d. 1533
nobleman · settler · landowner
Algarve-born nobleman and early settler with a land grant in the north-west of Madeira. He founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and gave his name to Porto do Moniz. He was the father of Bishop Jorge de Lemos and died in 1533 or 1535.
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- Lemos (Dom Jorge de) — Father of Bishop Jorge de Lemos.
- Moniz — Algarve-born settler with a land grant in the north-west of Madeira, who gave his name to Porto Moniz.
- Porto do Moniz (parish) — Algarve-born nobleman and early settler who founded the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição and gave his name to Porto do Moniz; he died in 1533 or 1535.
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