Diogo Gil Moniz
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Diogo Gil Moniz was a Vedor da Fazenda (Reeve of the Treasury) of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu, brother of King Afonso V of Portugal and father of King Manuel I of Portugal. He was the first born son of Gil Aires Moniz and wife Maria Pires.
Married to Leonor da Silva, daughter of Rui Gomes da Silva, of the Lords da Chamusca, and wife Branca de Almeida, they had:
- Francisca Pereira or da Silva, wife of Dom Sancho de Noronha, 3rd Count de Odemira, and had issue still extant
- Pedro or Pero Moniz da Silva, for some time a Reposteiro-Mór (major footman at the royal household encharged with drawing and undrawing the curtains and hangings) of King Manuel I of Portugal, he had a Command at the Order of Christ and later was the Mordomo-Mór (Lord Chamberlain or Master Majordomo) of the Cardinal Henrique of Portugal, married firstly to Brites ... (daughter of Pedro Botelho, Judge of the Customs of Lisbon, and wife), with whom he never had a life and without issue, and after her first wife's death secondly to Isabel Henriques (daughter of Francisco de Miranda, from Évora, and wife) and had issue, two sons and one daughter by second marriage and one bastard son, or one son and one daughter by second marriage and two bastard sons:
- Bernardo Moniz or Moniz da Silva, had the Command of his father in the Order of Christ, and had for an abode as a Squire 2,230 réis a month and 1 alqueire (between 13 and 22 litres) of barley a day, married his relative Lourença or Lucrécia de Vilhena (daughter of Francisco da Silva of the Lords da Chamusca) and wife, without issue, had four bastard children, or his first two were by marriage:
- Pedro Moniz or Pêro Moniz da Silva, died in Africa, at the Battle of Alcacer Quibir
- Vitória, a Dame of the Royal Palace of Infanta Maria of Portugal and who died unmarried and without issue
- Frei António Moniz, a Friar of Tomar, one of the greatest men of his time
- Soror Isabel das Montanhas, a Nun at Santa Iria of Tomar
- Soror Maria, a Nun at Santa Iria of Tomar
- (bastard) João da Silva who some say unmarried and without issue others that he married Margarida de Gouveia and had:
- Pedro ...
- (bastard?) Frei Teotónio Moniz, a Friar, a Clergyman and a great Preacher
- Bernardo Moniz or Moniz da Silva, had the Command of his father in the Order of Christ, and had for an abode as a Squire 2,230 réis a month and 1 alqueire (between 13 and 22 litres) of barley a day, married his relative Lourença or Lucrécia de Vilhena (daughter of Francisco da Silva of the Lords da Chamusca) and wife, without issue, had four bastard children, or his first two were by marriage:
- Frei António de São Tomás, a Jeromian Friar, Reformer of the Monastery of Tomar
[edit] References
- Manuel João da Costa Felgueiras Gaio, "Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal", Tomo Vigésimo Primeiro, Título de Monizes, § 17, § 18 e § 19
- Various Authors, "Armorial Lusitano", p. 370-2, Lisbon, 1961
- Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal Sousa e Silva, 1.º Visconde de Sanches de Baena, "Archivo Heraldico-Genealógico", Volume II, p. CXV, Lisbon, 1872
- Cristóvão Alão de Morais, "Pedatura Lusitana", Volume I (reformulated edition), p. 668-70
