João Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles (1397–1461) was a Portuguese

Portuguese people

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 nobleman and Minister-Counselor, the eldest (and probably only) son of Leonardo Esteves de Nápoles and his wife Margarida Anes Afonso. He was the 1st Lord (Senhor) of Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos

Salvaterra de Magos is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 244,74 km² and a total population of 22,053 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 6 parishes, and is located in the district of Santarém....

, Montargil

Montargil

Montargil is a parish in the municipality of Ponte de Sor in Portugal. It covers an area of 296.76 km² and had a population of 2,781 as of 2001....

, Vacariça and Vila Nova de Monsarros.

João Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles distinguished himself as a diplomat and later as member of the Privy Council

Privy council

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 of King John I of Portugal

John I of Portugal

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. Later in life, João Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles founded the Honour of Molelos

Honour of Molelos

The Honour of Molelos was a major lordship in Portugal. It was founded c.1455 by João Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles, heir to a Portuguese branch of the Capetian House of Anjou, the Nápoles family, in the name of his eldest son, Henrique Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles. It would survive until the...

, a major lordship which would survive until the Liberal

Liberalism

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 triumph of 1848.

Marriage and children

João Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles married Leonor Anes de Vasconcelos, daughter of Dom

Don (honorific)

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 João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos, the Chief Governor (Mordomo-Mór) of King Afonso IV, and wife Constança Soares. They had one son, Henrique Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles

Henrique Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles

Henrique Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles, 1st Lord of the Honour of Molelos was a Portuguese nobleman, privy counsellor and military, the eldest son of João Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles and his wife Leonor Anes de Vasconcelos....

, and two daughters, Catarina Anes da Veiga, first wife of Pedro Rodrigues Juzarte, and Margarida, wife of Vasco Pimentel and Luís Pereira.