João Gonçalves da Câmara
1414–1501
donatary captain of Funchal · Count of Calheta · noble
João Gonçalves da Câmara, 4th Count of Calheta, was the eighth captain-donatary of Funchal, his possession of the captaincy being confirmed in 1623.
1Mentioned in
- Donataries — Second donatary of Funchal (1467–1501).
- Sardinha — Captain-donatary of Funchal whose illegitimate daughter married Tomé Sardinha.
- Convent of St Clare — Son of Zarco and second captain-donatary of Funchal who founded the convent and endowed it with the Curral.
- Câmara (Father Luís Gonçalves da) — Fourth captain-donatary of Funchal and father of Câmara.
- St Clare (church) — Second captain of Funchal, whose gravestone was found in the chancel in 1919.
- St Clare (church) — Fourth captain-donatary, died in Funchal and buried in Santa Clara without a surviving marker.
- Discovery of the archipelago — Sixth captain of Funchal and second count of Calheta, in whose time the manuscript was used.
- Historical dates — Second captain-donatary of Funchal, died in Funchal in 1501.
- Literature — Second captain-donatary of Funchal and a poet in the Cancioneiro de Resende.
- Our Lady of Loreto (chapel) — Second captain-donatary of Funchal, father of the chapel's founder.
- Câmara (Simão Gonçalves da) — Second captain-donatary of Funchal and father of Simão Gonçalves da Camara.
- Câmara (Simão Gonçalves da) — Son and successor of Simão Gonçalves; led the Madeiran contingent at Azamor.
- São Lourenço (fortress) — Fourth captain-donatary of Funchal, under whom construction of the São Lourenço bastion apparently began.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Zargo's eldest son, whose age at death in 1501 is used to estimate Zargo's birth.
- Zarco (João Gonçalves) — Zargo's eldest son and successor.
- Jesuits — Sixth captain-donatary of Funchal, who brought the first Jesuits to Madeira in the relief fleet after the 1566 sack.
- Barros (Diogo de) — Fourth captain-donatary of Funchal, whom Diogo de Barros accompanied to Azamor.
- Câmara (Rui Gonçalves da) — Second captain-donatary of Funchal and brother of Rui Gonçalves, whom he accompanied to Africa.
- Câmara (Rui Gonçalves da) — Natural son of Rui Gonçalves, named his successor as captain of São Miguel in 1497.
- Inscribed stones — Second captain of Funchal whose tombstone was found at Santa Clara in 1919.
- Jews — Captain of Funchal to whom the infante D. Fernando sent his 1461 'Apontamentos e Capítulos'.
- Câmara (Rui Gonçalves da) — 4th captain-donatary of Funchal and father of Rui Gonçalves da Câmara.
- Fortifications — Second captain-donatary of Funchal, who asked for a fortress to defend the port.
- Câmara (Martim Gonçalves da) — 4th captain-donatary of Funchal and father of Martim Gonçalves da Câmara.
- Calheta (counts of) — 2nd count of Calheta and 6th captain-donatary of Funchal.
- Calheta (counts of) — 4th count of Calheta, who did not use the Castelo Melhor title.
- Residences of Zarco — Sixth donatary of Funchal, absent in 1566.
- Câmara (Simão Gonçalves da) — Fourth captain-donatary of Funchal and father of the subject.
- Militia — Captain-donatary of Funchal who in 1500 protested against the king's direct levy of Madeirans for Africa.
- Sons and sons-in-law of Zarco — Zarco's eldest son and heir, second captain-donatary of Funchal.
- Cancioneiro de Resende (Madeira in the) — Second captain-donatary of Funchal, poet with three pieces in the Cancioneiro, fighter in Morocco and founder of the Santa Clara convent.
- Calheta (parish) — Son of Zarco, for whom a large ridge of land in Calheta was taken.
- Castelo-Melhor (Count of) — 8th captain-donatary of Funchal, who died without issue so the captaincy passed to his sister.
- Melo — Second captain-donatary of Funchal, father of Filipa de Noronha.
- Curral das Freiras (parish) — Second captain-donatary of Funchal who bought the Curral in 1480 and founded the Santa Clara convent in 1492, endowing it with the land.
- Noronha (Dom Manuel de) — Captain-donatary of Funchal and grandfather of D. Manuel de Noronha.
- Town hall — Captain-donatary of Funchal, charged in 1470 with building the first council house.
- Câmara — Eldest son of Zarco and 2nd captain-donatary of Funchal, the first in Madeira to use the Câmara surname.
- Noronha — Second captain-donatary of Funchal, husband of D. Maria de Noronha.
- Câmara (António Gonçalves da) — Second captain-donatary of Funchal and grandfather of the subject.
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2Chronology
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João Gonçalves da Câmara was probably born about 1414.
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Infante D. Fernando asked the donatary João Gonçalves da Câmara to build a council house and municipal pound in Funchal, granting land by the church.
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Rui Teixeira and Branca Ferreira sold the Curral estate to captain-donatary João Gonçalves da Câmara; it was later given to the Convent of Santa Clara.
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The captain-donatary founded the Convent of Santa Clara in Funchal, whose construction began in 1492; the first nuns entered in 1497.
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João Gonçalves da Câmara gave the Curral to the Santa Clara convent as dowry for his daughters, the place becoming known as Curral das Freiras.
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João Gonçalves da Câmara, Zarco's eldest son, second captain-donatary of Funchal and founder of the Convent of Santa Clara, died in Funchal aged 87 (sources give 25 or 26 March).
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João Gonçalves da Câmara's possession of the captaincy of Funchal was confirmed.
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Raising of the chancel floor of Santa Clara church in Funchal uncovered the tombstones of the second, third and fifth captains-donatary, but not Zarco's.
3Places mentioned
Abroad