Nuno Pereira de Lacerda

Nuno Pereira de Lacerda (1425-1509) was a Portuguese nobleman, who served as Alcaide of Portel Fronteira and Vidigueira.[1] He was vassal of the King John I of Portugal.[2]

Nuno Pereira de Lacerda
Coat of Arms of Lacerda
Born1425
Portugal
Died10 May 1509
Portugal
Noble familyHouse of la Cerda

Biography
Portel Castle

Nuno was born in the Iberian Peninsula, the son of Diogo Nunes Pereira de Lacerda, Lord of Sardoal, and Brites Rodrigues de Abreu,[3] daughter of John Falconet and Maria da Silva, belonging to an Anglo Portuguese family.[4] His paternal grandparents were Martim Gonçalves de Lacerda and Violante Pereira, a noble lady who was the daughter of Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira.[5]

Around the year 1455, he and his family lived in the village of Serpa.[6] In 1483, he received from the hands of the King John II of Portugal, the rights over the localities of Portel, Vidigueira and Vila do Conde.[7]

Nuno Pereira de Lacerda was married to Guiomar de Brito,[8] daughter of Manuel de Brito, Captain of Chaul, and his wife Francisca Cardoso.[9]

References
  1. Annaes historicos do estado do Maranhaõ. Bernardo P. de Berredo.
  2. Poetas palacianos. Teófilo Braga -. 1871. p. 315. Nuno Pereira de Lacerda.
  3. Revendo a Genealogia Pereira (PDF). Óscar Caeiro Pinto. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-23.
  4. Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira: Ilustrada com cêrca de 15.000 gravuras e 400 hors-textes a côres. Editorial Enciclopédia.
  5. Estudios genealógicos y heráldicos. Asociación Española de Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos.
  6. O português Cristóvão Colombo:. Augusto M. Barreto.
  7. Historia da poesia portugueza. Eschola hespanhola. Seculo XV. Poetas palacianos. Theophilo Braga.
  8. Pedatura lusitana (nobiliário de famílias de Portugal). By Cristovão Alão de Morais, Eugénio de Andrea da Cunha e Freitas.
  9. The Portuguese Columbus: Secret Agent of King John II. Maxcarenhas Barreto,Reginald A Brown.
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