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Joana de Eça

Joana de Eça

noble · chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Catarina · benefactor

Wife of Pedro Gonçalves da Câmara and chief lady of the bedchamber to Queen Catarina, and mother of António Gonçalves da Câmara, whose pardon she helped to obtain. Patroness of the Esperança convent in Lisbon, she is credited by some with founding the Loreto chapel and entail.

1Mentioned in

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2Chronology

  1. Joana de Eça's tomb was found in the ruins of the Esperança convent church.

3Places mentioned

Abroad

Map: Madeira (14)
  1. 1Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto
  2. 2Arco da Calheta
  3. 3Convent of Our Lady of Hope (Lisbon)
  4. 4Ribeiro do Ledo
  5. 5Moradias de Zargo
  6. 6Funchal
  7. 7Santa Cruz
  8. 8Ribeira de João Gomes
  9. 9Chapel of St Catherine
  10. 10Morocco
  11. 11Chapel of St Paul
  12. 12Church of St Clare
  13. 13Quinta das Cruzes
  14. 14Pico dos Frias

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