Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos

Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos, was a Portuguese 12th century noble knight, son of Martim Moniz [Eugénio de Castro (1933), "Os Meus Vasconcelos", Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.7.] (great-great-grandson of Ferdinand I, Emperor of All Hispania, and legendary figure of the Siege of Lisbon in 1147) and "Teresa Afonso" (that some genealogists believe to have been a bastard daughter of the first King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, or of king Alfonso VI of Castile [Felgueiras Gayo & Carvalhos de Basto (1989), "Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal", 2nd ed., Braga, p.65.] ).

He was the Lord of the "Tower of Vasconcelos" and of the village of Amares, in the north of Portugal, in the modern district of Braga. The said tower, seat of the proeminent family of the Vasconcelos, had previously belonged to the Order of the Knights Templar.

Pedro Martins married Dona "Teresa Soares da Silva" (also a descendant of Ferdinand I, Emperor of All Hispania), and had a son and a daughter [Eugénio de Castro (1933), "Os Meus Vasconcelos", Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.7.] :
*Dom "João Peres de Vasconcelos, “O Tenreiro”", the first to use the surname Vasconcelos and the one to give it continuity [José Augusto de Sotto Mayor Pizarro (1999), "Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas", Porto, Universidade Moderna, 1st vol., p.481.] ; married to "Maria Soares Coelho" [Cristovão Alão de Morais & Carvalhos de Basto (1997), "Pedatura Lusitana", 2nd ed., Braga, 3rd vol., p.9.] .
*Dona "Sancha Peres de Vasconcelos", married first to Dom "Mendo Afonso", and secondly to "João Gomes Barreto" [Eugénio de Castro (1933), "Os Meus Vasconcelos", Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.8.] .

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