Person donatary captain noble
Tristão Teixeira
d. 1470
donatary captain · noble
Third captain-donatary of Machico, who inherited the captaincy from his father Tristão Teixeira das Damas. The notes also conflate him with the co-discoverer Tristão Vaz Teixeira and with Tristão das Damas, a poet in the Cancioneiro de Resende.
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- Donataries — Co-discoverer and first donatary of Machico.
- Donataries — Second donatary of Machico, called 'das Damas'.
- Discovery of the archipelago — Zarco's companion in the discovery of Porto Santo and Madeira.
- Discovery of the archipelago — First donatary captain of Machico, Zarco's companion in the reconnaissance of the islands.
- Literature — Second captain-donatary of Machico, known as Tristão das Damas, a poet in the Cancioneiro de Resende.
- Santa Cruz (town and municipality) — Captain-donatary of Machico whose lack of support made the councillors' objections to the new town fail.
- Brito Rebelo (General Jacinto Inácio de) — Co-discoverer and captain of Machico, whom Brito Rebelo thought of foreign noble origin and who was fined for punishing Barradas.
- Machico (town and municipality) — Co-discoverer of Madeira and first captain of the Machico captaincy.
- Machico (parish church) — First captain-donatary of Machico, who built the first small chapel that became the seat of the parish.
- Oliveira (point) — Co-discoverer of Madeira and captain of Machico, whose captaincy was divided from Zarco's by the line from this point.
- Teixeira (Tristão) — Discoverer of Madeira and first captain-donatary of Machico, father of the subject.
- Caniçal (parish) — Discoverer and first captain-donatary of Machico, father of João Teixeira.
- Machico (origin of the name) — Co-discoverer of Madeira with Zarco.
- Batista — Discoverer of Madeira and first captain-donatary of Machico, father-in-law of João Batista.
- Barradas (Diogo) — First captain-donatary of Machico, imprisoned and exiled to Príncipe for punishing Barradas, later restored.
- Corpus Christi procession — Captain-donatary of Machico, mentioned as father of Lançarote Teixeira.
- Illustrious men — Grandson of the first donatary of Machico, known in India as 'the Reckless'.
- Mendonça — Donatary of Machico, father of João Teixeira.
- Machico (captaincy) — Co-discoverer and first donatary of Machico, exiled for despotism then restored; died about 1470.
- Machico (captaincy) — Third holder of Machico, styled governor rather than donatary, who ruled prudently under royal oversight.
- Teixeira — First captain-donatary of Machico and companion of Zargo; founder of the Teixeira family.
- Teixeira — Eldest son of Tristão Vaz, who inherited the captaincy of Machico.
- Campanário (parish) — Co-discoverer and captain of Machico; he took part in marking the boundary between the two captaincies.
- Teixeira (Diogo) — Father of Diogo Teixeira and a member of the family of captain-donataries of Machico.
- Porto Santo (island) — Zarco's companion in the discovery of Porto Santo.
- Moors — Captain-donatary of Machico, evoked in the title of a historical novel set in the fifteenth century.
- Gaula (parish) — First captain-donatary of Machico, cited as an example of chivalric names.
- Gaula (parish) — Third captain of Machico, whose wife bore the Amadis name Grimanesa.
