Ataíde family
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Ataíde is the name of a noble family from the Kingdom of Portugal, many of whose members played important roles in the course of the Portuguese overseas exploration and expansion and in the internal a
Coat of Arms of the House of Ataíde, in Livro do Armeiro-Mor (1509)
D. Jorge de Ataíde (1535-1611), bishop of Viseu and prominent member of the Council of Portugal, the ruling body of the Portuguese Empire during the Iberian Union. He was a younger son of the 1st Count of Castanheira
Dom Martinho de Ataíde, 2nd Count of Atouguia, was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and diplomat. In 1464, he was granted a partial lordship of the Canary Islands, by donation from King Henry IV of
The Castle of Monforte, donated by King Afonso V to Martinho de Ataíde in 1452