Count of Odemira


Count of Odemira was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. Sancho de Noronha by royal decree issued on 9 October 1446, by King Afonso V of Portugal.
Sancho de Noronha was the third son of Alfonso, Count of Gijón and Noroña and of his wife Isabel of Portugal.

List of title-holders

  1. Sancho de Noronha ;
  2. Maria de Noronha, his daughter, married to Afonso, 1st Count of Faro;
  3. Sancho de Noronha, their eldest son;
  4. Sancho de Noronha, his grandson;
  5. Afonso de Noronha, his son, died in the battle of Alcácer Quibir;
  6. Sancho de Noronha ;
  7. Francisco de Faro a distant cousin from a collateral branch;
  8. Maria de Faro, married to the 1st Duke of Cadaval;
  9. Joana de Faro, last countess of Odemira and countess of Tentúgal.