Count of Neiva

The Coat of Arms of the Meneses family, the first to bear the title of Count of Neiva.

The Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Braganza, who inherited the County of Neiva.

Count of Neiva (in Portuguese Conde de Neiva) is a Portuguese title granted, in 1373 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom Gonçalo Teles de Meneses, brother of Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes.

Dom Gonçalo was also Lord of Faria, and that is why some authors, uncorrectly, called him Count of Neiva and Faria.

Later, the County was granted to Fernando of Braganza and when Fernando became 2nd Duke of Braganza (1461), Count of Neiva became a subsiadiary title of the House of Braganza.

List of the Counts of Ourém

1. Gonçalo Teles de Menezes ( ? -1403);
2. Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403-1478).

(for the list of holders after this date, see Duke of Braganza)

See also

• Count of Barcelos
• Duke of Braganza
• House of Braganza
• List of Portuguese Dukedoms
• List of Countships in Portugal

External links

• Genealogy of the Counts of Neiva, in Portuguese

Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. III, page 47. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.