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Coat of Arms of Sancho of Noronha, 1st Count of Odemira.
Count of
Odemira (in Portuguese Conde de 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 (natural son of King
Henry II of Castile) and of his wife
Isabel of Portugal (natural daughter of King
Fernando I of Portugal).
- Sancho de Noronha (c.1390- ? );
- Maria de Noronha, his daughter, married to Afonso, 1st
Count of Faro;
- Sancho de Noronha (c.1470- ? ), their eldest son;
- Sancho de Noronha (c.1515-1573), his grandson;
- Afonso de Noronha (c.1535-1578), his son, died in the
battle of Alcácer Quibir;
- Sancho de Noronha (1579–1641);
- Francisco de Faro (c.1575- ? ) a distant cousin from a collateral branch;
- Maria de Faro (c.1610-1664), married to the 1st
Duke of Cadaval;
- Joana de Faro (1661–1669), last countess of Odemira and
countess of Tentúgal (as heir of the
Duke of Cadaval).
"Nobreza de Portugal e Brasil" Vol III, pages 65/68. Published by Zairol, Lda., Lisbon, 1989.