Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses
Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses, was a Portuguese nobleman, member of the Téllez de Meneses lineage, and the father of Leonor Teles, queen consort of Portugal.
His parents were Afonso Telles de Meneses, called el Raposo, vassal of King Afonso IV of Portugal, and Berengária Lourenço de Valadares, daughter of Lourenço Soares de Valadares and Sancha Nunes de Chacim.
Biography
Martim Afonso was the Mayordomo of [Maria of List of Portuguese consorts|Portugal, Queen of Castile|Maria of Portugal], the wife of King Alfonso XI of Castile and mother of the only surviving son of this marriage, Peter of Castile. On 16 January 1356, he and several nobles were at the Alcázar de Toro with the queen when King Peter of Castile arrived, accompanied by several squires, entered the grounds of the fortress and ordered the assassination of several of the men who were there with the queen, including Martim. Pero López de Ayala in his chronicles describes the events as follow:Marriage and issue
Martim Afonso and his wife, Aldonça Anes de Vasconcelos, daughter of João Mendes de Vasconcelos, Alcalde of Estremoz, and Aldara Afonso Alcoforado, had the following children:- João Afonso Telo, 6th Count of Barcelos in 1382, mayor of Lisbon, admiral of the Kingdom of Portugal, and the husband of Beatriz de Alburquerque, an illegitimate daughter of João Afonso de Albuquerque;
- Gonçalo Teles de Meneses,, Count of Neiva and lord of Faria, married to Maria Afonso de Albuquerque, also an illegitimate daughter of João Afonso de Albuquerque;
- Maria Teles de Meneses, wife of Álvaro Dias de Sousa and, after his death, married infante John of Portugal, Duke of Valencia de Campos, son of King Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro, parents of Infante Fernando, Lord of Eça;
- Leonor Teles, queen consort of Portugal as the wife of King Ferdinand I of Portugal.
- Joana Teles de Meneses, who married Juan Alfonso Pimentel, first Count of Benavente.