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2 unusual facts about Nuno Álvares Pereira


Nuno Álvares Pereira

Nuno Álvares Pereira was born on June 24th, 1360, in Flor da Rosa, near Crato, central Portugal, the illegitimate son of Dom Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, Prior of Crato and Iria Gonçalves do Carvalhal.

Sé Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo

But, it took three decades before a royal decree would establish it as a cathedral, mostly through the influence of Nuno Álvares Pereira.


Count of Arraiolos

Following Álvaro's death, King John I of Portugal gave this County to his Constable, Nuno Álvares Pereira in 1387, who ceded it, in 1422, to his grandson, Fernando of Braganza.

Count of Ourém

The title subsequently passed to João Fernandes Andeiro (a Galician noble, lover of the Queen), but when King John I of Portugal seized the throne, his Constable, Nuno Álvares Pereira, inherited it.

Gil Aires

He was an honoured man and a much honoured Knight at the time of King John I of Portugal and an Escrivão da Puridade (Notary/Registrar of the Purity/Secret, furthermore, a Secretary) of the 2nd Constable of Portugal Nuno Álvares Pereira, and some say also his relative, in 1422, and Vedor (Overseer) of the things belonging to Ceuta in 1423.


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