Count of Vila Verde (in Portuguese Conde de Vila Verde) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from December 10, 1654, by King John IV of Portugal, and granted to Dom Antonio de Noronha, 12th Lord of Vila Verde.

Antonio de Noronha descended from Pedro de Noronha, Archbishop of Lisbon and a grandson of King Fernando I of Portugal (through his mother Infanta Isabel) and of King Henry II of Castile (through his father Alfonso, Count of Norona y Gigon).

In the 18th century this family received new honours: a royal decree of King John V of Portugal, issued on January 21, 1714, created the title of Marquis of Angeja (in Portuguese Marques de Angeja) and granted it to Dom Pedro Antonio de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Verde.

In 1833, these two titles were inherited by a collateral branch of the family: the Noronhas, Counts of Peniche.
Contents

1 List of the Counts of Vila Verde (1654) and Marquesses of Angeja (1714)

2 Family Name

3 Genealogical Summary

4 See also

5 External links

6 Bibliography


List of the Counts of Vila Verde (1654) and Marquesses of Angeja (1714)

Antonio de Noronha (c.1610- ? ), 1st Count of Vila Verde;

Pedro Antonio de Noronha (1661?1731), 2nd Count of Vila Verde and 1st Marquis of Angeja;

Antonio de Noronha (1680?1735), 3rd Count of Vila Verde and 2nd Marquis of Angeja;

Pedro Jose de Noronha Camoes (1716?1788), 4th Count of Vila Verde and 3rd Marquis of Angeja;

Antonio Jose Xavier de Noronha Camoes de Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1736?1755), 5th Count of Vila Verde;

Jose Xavier de Noronha Camoes Albuquerque Sousa Moniz (1741?1811), 6th Count of Vila Verde and 4th Marquis of Angeja;

Pedro Jose de Noronha Camoes de Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1771?1804), 7th Count of Vila Verde and 5th Marquis of Angeja;

Diogo Jose Antonio de Noronha Camoes de Albuquerque Sousa Moniz (1747?1806), 8th Count of Vila Verde;

Joao de Noronha Camoes de Albuquerque e Sousa Moniz (1788?1827), 9th Count of Vila Verde and 6th Marquis of Angeja;

Maria do Carmo de Noronha Camoes e Albuquerque Moniz de Sousa (1813?1833), 10th Countess of Vila Verde and 7th Marchioness of Angeja;

Caetano Gaspar de Almeida Noronha Albuquerque e Sousa (1820?1881), 3rd Count of Peniche and 8th Marquis of Angeja;

Manuel Gaspar de Almeida Noronha Portugal Camoes Albuquerque Moniz (1845?1901), 9th Marquis of Angeja;

Pedro de Almeida e Noronha Portugal Camoes Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1865?1908), 11th Count of Vila Verde;

Antonio de Almeida e Noronha Portugal Camoes Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa (1856?1906), 12th Count of Vila Verde;

Manuel de Almeida e Noronha de Azevedo Coutinho (1952?2004), 13th Count of Vila Verde and 10th Marquis of Angeja;

Francisco de Almeida e Noronha Azevedo Coutinho (born 1983) ? current representative of these titles.

Family Name

The family name associated with these titles was Noronha ? their ancestor Alfonso Enriquez (a natural son of King Henry II of Castile), was Count of Norona, in Castile.

Due to different heritages and marriages some other family names were added (such as, Camoes, Albuquerque Moniz e Sousa, Azevedo Coutinho) but the original Noronha was always kept.
Genealogical Summary

Antonio de Noronha, 1st Count of Vila Verde, was a 6th grandson of Pedro de Noronha, Archbishop of Lisbon, who lived in the late 14th/earlier 15th centuries. The Archbishop had royal ancestry both through his mother (Isabel of Portugal, a natural daughter of King Ferdinand I of Portugal) and through his father (Alfonso, Count of Norona y Gigon, a natural son of King Henry II of Castile). Pedro I (1320?1367) King of Portugal | ________|............. | : Enrique II Fernando I Joao I (1333?1379) (1345?1383) (1357?1433) King of Castile King of Portugal King of Portugal | : | __________|........... : | | : : | | : : | Juan I Alphonso<-------->Isabel Duarte I (1358?1390) Enriquez | (1364?1435) (1391?1438)King of Castile (1350?1395) | King of Portugal | Count of | | | Norena y Gijon | | | ____________|_________ | | | | | | Pedro Fernando | | of Noronha of Noronha | | (1379?1452) (1380- ? ) | | Archb.of Lisbon Count of Vila Real | | : | | | : | | | : | | Royal House Marquesses Marquesses Royal House of Castile of Angeja of Vila Real of Portugal
See also

List of Marquesses in Portugal

List of Countships in Portugal

Count of Peniche

External links

⇒Genealogy of the Counts of Vila Verde, in Portuguese

⇒Genealogy of the Marquesses of Angeja, in Portuguese