Vasco Gil Moniz

Vasco Gil Moniz (formerly Vasco Gil) (died Lisbon, 1497) was a Portuguese nobleman.

Life

Vasco was the second son of Gil Aires and Leonor Rodrigues. He was a vedor of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, son of King John I of Portugal.

Marriages and issue

Vasco married firstly Catarina Fernandes, daughter of Fernão Rodrigues.

Vasco married secondly before 1459 Eléonore de Lusignan, daughter of Phoebus de Lusignan, titular Marshal of Armenia and titular Lord of Sidon. Vasco met her when he went to Cyprus in the company of Infante John of Portugal who was marrying Charlotte of Cyprus.

They had:

• Febo Moniz de Lusignan
• Guiomar Moniz
• Pedro Álvares Moniz.

Further reading

• 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", Lisbon, 1961, pp. 370-372
• Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal Sousa e Silva, 1.º Visconde de Sanches de Baena, "Archivo Heraldico-Genealógico", Lisbon, 1872, Volume II, p. CXV
• Cristóvão Alão de Morais, "Pedatura Lusitana", Volume I (reformulated edition), pp. 668-670
• Humberto Baquero Moreno, “A Batalha de Alfarrobeira. Antecedentes e Significado Histórico.” Vol. II, pg. 1054