Person captain-donatary of Machico courtly poet noble
Tristão Teixeira das Damas
captain-donatary of Machico · courtly poet · noble
Tristão Teixeira, called 'das Damas' for his courtly verses to ladies, was the eldest son of the discoverer Tristão Vaz and second captain-donatary of Machico. Believed to be the poet in Resende's Cancioneiro Geral, he was summoned to Lisbon over complaints and cleared himself of a grave accusation. He is buried in the chapel of São João that he founded in Machico church.
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- Perestrelo (Bartolomeu) — Brother of D. Solanda.
- Teixeira (Tristão) — Second captain-donatary of Machico and father of the subject.
- Cancioneiro de Resende (Madeira in the) — Second captain-donatary of Machico, courtly poet nicknamed Tristão das Damas, buried in the chapel of São João he founded in Machico church.
- Machico (captaincy) — Second donatary of Machico, courtier poet in Resende's Cancioneiro Geral, summoned to Lisbon over complaints.
- Vaz (Tristão) — Second captain-donatary of Machico, believed to be the poet named in the Cancioneiro de Resende.
- Gaula (parish) — Courtly poet of the Cancioneiro de Resende, grandfather of Lançarote Teixeira de Gaula.
