Diogo Gil Moniz
Diogo Gil Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman.
Life
He was the eldest son of Gil Aires and wife Leonor Rodrigues.He was Vedor of the Fazenda of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, brother of King Afonso V of Portugal and father of King Manuel I of Portugal.
Marriage and issue
He married Leonor da Silva, daughter of Rui Gomes da Silva, of the Lords of a Chamusca, and wife Branca de Almeida, and had:- Francisca Pereira or da Silva, wife of Dom Sancho de Noronha, 3rd Count of Odemira, and had extant issue
- Pedro or Pero Moniz da Silva
- António of St. Thomas, a Hieronymite monk, a reformer of the Monastery of Tomar