Person nobleman landowner settler
Garcia Homem de Sousa
nobleman · landowner · settler
Nobleman sent by the king to Madeira to marry a daughter of João Gonçalves Zargo; he wed Catarina Gonçalves da Câmara and held sesmaria lands in São Martinho and Santo António. A turbulent figure, he founded the Santo Amaro chapel in 1460 and built a fortified manor there against his brothers-in-law.
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- Sousa — Son-in-law of Zargo, father of Leonor Homem.
- Homem — Founder of one Homem line, husband of Zargo's daughter Catarina.
- São Martinho (parish) — Owner of a fortified manor wrongly placed in São Martinho by the annotator of the Saudades; it is in Santo António.
- St Maurus (chapels) — Son-in-law of Zargo who founded the Santo Amaro chapel in 1460 and built a fortified house against his brothers-in-law.
- Sons and sons-in-law of Zarco — Turbulent husband of Catarina da Câmara who built the chapel of Santo Amaro.
- Aguiar (Rui Dias de) — Father of his wife Leonor.
- Câmara Leme (Dom Luís da) — One of four noblemen sent to Madeira by Afonso V to marry Zarco's daughters; direct ancestor of Camara Leme.
- Old customs — Turbulent son-in-law of Zarco who built a fortified manor at Santo António to fight his brothers-in-law.
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