Fidalgo
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Fidalgo, from Galician fillo de algo and Portuguese filho de algo—equivalent to a nobleman, but sometimes literally translated into English as "nobleman" —is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility
Portrait of a Young Fidalgo; a 16th-century rendition of a young Portuguese nobleman.
Portuguese nobility
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The Portuguese nobility was a social class enshrined in the laws of the Kingdom of Portugal with specific privileges, prerogatives, obligations and regulations. The nobility ranked immediately after r
Fidalgo
…algo and Portuguese filho de algo—equivalent to a nobleman, but sometimes literally translated into English as "nobleman" —is a traditional title of Portuguese nobility and Brazilian nobility that refers to a member of the titled or untitled nobility. A fidalgo is comparable in some ways to the French gentilhomme (the…
Henry, Count of Portugal
Teresa, Countess of Portugal
Peter I, Count of Urgell