Jerónimo Moniz was a Portuguese

Portuguese people

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 nobleman.

Life

He was the eldest son of Febo Moniz de Lusignan

Febo Moniz de Lusignan

Febo Moniz de Lusignan or simply Febo Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman.-Biography:He was the only child of Vasco Gil Moniz and his second wife, Eléonore de Lusignan, Princess of Cyprus....

 and wife Catarina or Maria da Cunha.

Like his father, he was also a Reposteiro-Mór (major footman at the royal household encharged with drawing and undrawing the curtains and hangings and treasurer of the store-house for furniture) of the same King Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I , the Fortunate , 14th king of Portugal and the Algarves was the son of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, , by his wife, Infanta Beatrice of Portugal...

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Marriage and issue

He married Violante da Silva, daughter of João de Saldanha, Vedor

Reeve (England)

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 of Queens Maria of Aragon and Eleanor of Austria, wives of King Manuel I of Portugal, and later of the Empress Isabella of Portugal

Isabella of Portugal

Isabella of Portugal was a Portuguese Princess and Holy Roman Empress, Duchess of Burgundy, and a Queen Regent/Consort of Spain. She was the daughter of Manuel I of Portugal and Maria of Aragon. By her marriage to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Isabella was also Holy Roman Empress and Queen...

, and wife Dona

Dom (title)

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 Joana de Lima of the Viscount

Viscount

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s of Vila Nova de Cerveira, and had issue:

• João Moniz, unmarried and without issue
• Febo Moniz
  Febo Moniz
  Febo Moniz was a Portuguese nobleman who distinguished himself during the 1580 Portuguese succession crisis.-Life:He was the second son of Jerónimo Moniz and wife Violante da Silva....
  
  
• António Moniz, who withdrew as a Priest
  Priesthood (Catholic Church)
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   of the Company of Jesus
• Leonor, a Nun
  Nun
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Sources

• 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