Rui Gil Moniz

Rui Gil Moniz was a Treasurer of the Casa da Moeda of Lisbon. He was the third born son of Gil Aires Moniz and wife Maria Pires.

Married to Filipa de Almada, daughter of João Vaz de Almada, "Vedor" (Reeve) of King Afonso V of Portugal, and wife Violante de Castro, they had:
* Garcia Moniz, who held the office of his father and was a Commander of Nossa Senhora da Conceição of Lisbon, Hidalgo of the Royal Household of King John III of Portugal, firstly married Brites Pereira, daughter of the Licentiate Luís Esteves da Veiga Lobo, Over Judge of the House of the Civil, and wife, without issue, and secondly married to Genebra ..., daughter of Cristóvão Juzarte, from Azinhaga, and wife, without issue, and had a bastard daughter:
** Margarida or Madalena Moniz, the daughter of a tarnished woman, "who was a cow" and married lowerly, wife of a mechanical officer named Pero Fernandes
* Francisco de Almada, Commander de Esgueira and / or Aguim in the Order of Christ, from the old ones who were unmarried, but had natural children
* "Frei" Nicolau Moniz, who was made himself a Friar of the Carmel and then went out and became a Clergyman
* Leonor Moniz, second wife of Jorge de Sousa, without issue

References

* Manuel João da Costa Felgueiras Gaio, "Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal", Tomo Vigésimo Primeiro, Título de Monizes, § 17, § 18 e § 19
* Various Authors, "Armorial Lusitano", p. 370-2, Lisbon, 1961
* Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal Sousa e Silva, 1.º Visconde de Sanches de Baena, "Archivo Heraldico-Genealógico", Volume II, p. CXV, Lisbon, 1872
* Cristóvão Alão de Morais, "Pedatura Lusitana", Volume I (reformulated edition), p. 668-70