Person settler landowner noble
João Fernandes de Andrade
d. 1527
settler · landowner · noble
Galician nobleman, also known as João Fernandes do Arco, who was the founding settler of Arco da Calheta, held large land grants, received arms in 1485 and founded an entail. He built the chapel of São Braz, where he was buried in 1527.
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- Andrade — Galician nobleman, later known as João Fernandes do Arco, who settled at Arco da Calheta, received arms in 1485 and founded an entail.
- Arco da Calheta (parish) — Founding settler of Arco, also called João Fernandes do Arco, who held large land grants here and built the chapel of São Braz, where he was buried in 1527.
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