Menezes
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Menezes, sometimes Meneses, is a common Portuguese
and Spanish
surname
. It has its origins in the marriage of the French
crusader
Bertrand de Reynel with Elvira Perez de Lara, natural daughter of Queen Urraca of Castile
, in the 12th Century. Their grandson, Telo Perez, became 1st Lord of Menezes, a town in Castile
(Spain
). The family wealth and power grew remarkably along the 13th and 14th Centuries, through several marriages with the Portuguese and Castilian royal families.
As a surname, Menezes may refer to:
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. It has its origins in the marriage of the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
crusader
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
Bertrand de Reynel with Elvira Perez de Lara, natural daughter of Queen Urraca of Castile
Urraca of Castile
Urraca was Queen regnant of León, Castile, and Galicia, and claimed the imperial title as suo jure Empress of All the Spains from 1109 until her death in childbirth, as well as Empress of All Galicia.- Childhood :...
, in the 12th Century. Their grandson, Telo Perez, became 1st Lord of Menezes, a town in Castile
Castile (historical region)
A former kingdom, Castile gradually merged with its neighbours to become the Crown of Castile and later the Kingdom of Spain when united with the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre...
(Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
). The family wealth and power grew remarkably along the 13th and 14th Centuries, through several marriages with the Portuguese and Castilian royal families.
As a surname, Menezes may refer to:
General
- Aleixo de MenezesAleixo de MenezesAleixo de Menezes was Archbishop of Goa, Archbishop of Braga, Portugal, and Viceroy of Portugal during the Iberian Union.-Biographical sketch:Aleixo was born in 1559. It is known that he joined the Augustinians...
, Portuguese Archbishop of Braga - Alex MenesesAlex MenesesAlexandra Estella DeAnna "Alex" Meneses is an American television and film actress and model.She was born in Chicago of Mexican American descent on her father's side and Ukrainian American descent on her mother's. Meneses studied acting at Chicago's The Second City Improvisational Theater during...
, United States actress and model - Alfred MenezesAlfred MenezesAlfred Menezes is co-author of several books on cryptography, most notably the Handbook of Applied Cryptography.Menezes is a professor in the Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo. He is also the Managing Director of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic...
, Canadian cryptographer - Amy Louise Meneses aka Amylulita, Cofounder and resident DJ to popular Latin Alternative party Nacotheque in NYC
- António Luís de Meneses, 1st Marquess of Marialva, Portuguese general in the Portuguese Restoration War
- Antonio Martínez de MenesesAntonio Martínez de MenesesAntonio Martínez de Meneses was a playwright of the Spanish Golden Age....
, Spanish playwright - Antonio MenesesAntonio MenesesAntônio Meneses Neto is a Brazilian cellist.He won the VI Tchaikovsky competition. A member of the Beaux Arts Trio, Meneses combines an intense soloist concert career with chamber music performances. He is a teacher at Bern's Hochschule der Künste.- References :* *...
, Brazilian cellist - António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de NoronhaAntónio Severim de NoronhaDom António José de Sousa Manoel e Meneses Severim de Noronha , 7th Count of Vila Flor, 1st Marquis of Vila Flor and 1st Duke of Terceira, was a Portuguese military officer, statesman and a leader of the Constitutionalist side in the Liberal Wars, as well as a Prime Minister of Portugal.He was born...
, Portuguese soldier and statesman - Christianne Meneses JacobsChristianne Meneses JacobsChristianne Meneses Jacobs is a Nicaraguan American writer, editor, and teacher. She is also publisher of Iguana, the United States' only Spanish-language magazine for children.-Nicaragua :...
, United States writer, editor, and teacher - Cynara Menezes, Brasil, journalist
- Fradique de MenezesFradique de MenezesFradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2003 to 2011.-Early life:Menezes was born on the then Portuguese colony of São Tomé in 1942, the son of a Portuguese man and a local woman. He attended high school in Portugal...
, President of São Tomé and Príncipe - Francisco de Meneses BritoFrancisco de Meneses BritoFrancisco de Meneses Brito was Royal Governor of Chile between 1664 and 1667.-Sources:...
, Spanish Governor of Chile - Francisco Meneses OsorioFrancisco Meneses OsorioFrancisco Meneses Osorio was a Spanish painter.Osorio was born in Seville, and is thought to have died there. Very little is known of his life. He was a pupil and imitator of Murillo, and it has been suggested that some of the works attributed to the latter were painted by Osorio...
, Spanish painter - Glória MenezesGlória MenezesNicelde Soares Magalhães, known as Glória Menezes, is a Brazilian actress.- Filmography :* A Favorita - Irene*A estranha Clementine - Clementine...
, Brazilian actress - Gonzalo de Céspedes y MenesesGonzalo de Céspedes y MenesesGonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses was a Spanish novelist.-Biography:He was born at Madrid about 1585. Nothing positive is known of him before the publication of his celebrated romance, the Poema trágico del español Gerardo, y desengaño del amor lascivo...
, Spanish novelist - Guillermo MenesesGuillermo MenesesGuillermo Meneses , Venezuelan writer, playwright, journalist, author of La Balandra 'Isabel' llegó esta tarde and Campeones, among other works....
, Venezuelan writer - Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes PintoHeloísa PinheiroHeloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto , better known as Helô Pinheiro , is a Brazilian model and businesswoman...
, Brazilian real-life "Girl from Ipanema" - Holdemar MenezesHoldemar MenezesHoldemar Menezes was a Brazilian writer.He was born in Aracati, Ceará, Brazil, as the 3rd child of Ezequiel Silva de Menezes and Otília Oliveira de Menezes...
, Brazilian writer - Jean Charles de MenezesJean Charles de MenezesJean Charles de Menezes was a Brazilian man shot in the head seven times at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts...
, Brazilian killed by the London Metropolitan Police - Joao Costa MenezesJoao Costa MenezesJoao Costa Menezes is a London-based Portuguese film actor, film producer and film director.After a degree in Law by the University of Coimbra and three years working as a lawyer in Portugal, Joao decided to move to London in 1998, to follow an acting career. He got his first acting job in 1999, in...
, Portuguese actor and filmmaker - Joao Mauro dos Santos Menezes, Brazilian Dental Surgeon MDS
- Jorge de MenezesJorge de MenezesJorge de Menezes was a Portuguese explorer who in 1526-27 landed on Waigeo Island , taking shelter in the town of Wasai whilst he awaited the passing of the monsoon season...
, Portuguese explorer - Jorge E. MenesesJorge E. MenesesJorge E. Meneses is a member of the City Council and current mayor of Hackensack, New Jersey.Meneses, a teacher in Colombia, emigrated to the United States in 1979. His first job in New Jersey was washing cars; he later took classes at New York University and worked in a bank and as a computer...
, United States mayor - Joseph B. Menezes, Swedish inventor
- Juan Francisco MenesesJuan Francisco MenesesJuan Francisco Meneses Echanes was a Chilean priest and political figure.-Early life:Meneses was born in Santiago, the son of José Ignacio Meneses and of Micaela Echanes...
, Chilean priest and political figure - Leonor Telles de MenezesLeonor Telles de MenezesLeonor Telles de Menezes was a queen consort of Portugal and regent during the years 1383–1385. She was the wife of a Portuguese nobleman from whom she was forcibly divorced by King Ferdinand I, who afterward married her...
, Queen Consort of Portugal - Luís Roberto S. Menezes, Brazilian, Marketing expert
- Luís Filipe MenezesLuís Filipe MenezesLuís Filipe de Menezes Lopes is a Portuguese politician.-Background:He is a son of José António Lopes , an Industrialist , and wife Luís Filipe de Menezes Lopes (born Ovar, 2 November 1953) is a Portuguese politician.-Background:He is a son of José António Lopes (Porto, Alvar, 10 September 1925...
, Portuguese politician - Mai MenesesMai MenesesMaría Isabel González-Meneses García-Valdecasas commonly known as Mai Meneses , is a Spanish singer-songwriter.Mai Meneses, the youngest of six children, holds a Bachelor degree in Law from Universidad San Pablo CEU...
, Spanish singer-songwriter - Manuel de Menezes, Duke of Vila RealManuel de Menezes, Duke of Vila RealD. Manuel of Menezes was the second son of Pedro de Menezes 5th Marquis of Vila Real and of his wife, Beatrice of Lara ....
, Portuguese Governor of Ceuta - Margareth MenezesMargareth MenezesMargareth Menezes is a Brazilian singer from Salvador, Bahia.Her style is considered axé but her music also steers into samba and MPB territory, at times drawing on African rhythms and reggae....
, Brazilian singer - Maria Romero MenesesMaria Romero MenesesBlessed María Romero Meneses, was a Salesian Sisters, beatified by Pope John Paul II on the 14 April 2002.-Early life:...
, Nicaraguan nun - Omar Fayad Meneses, Mexican politician
- Tobias Barreto de MenesesTobias Barreto de MenesesTobias Barreto de Meneses was a Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and critic, famous for creating the "Condorism" and revolutionizing Brazilian Romanticism and poetry...
, Brazilian critic and poet - Tobias Barreto de MenesesTobias Barreto de MenesesTobias Barreto de Meneses was a Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and critic, famous for creating the "Condorism" and revolutionizing Brazilian Romanticism and poetry...
, Brazilian jurist, critic and poet - Victor MenezesVictor MenezesVictor J. Menezes is an engineer and banker, who acts as a top official in international financial organizations.-Early life:...
, United States engineer and banker
Sports
- Ademir Marques de MenezesAdemir Marques de MenezesAdemir Marques de Menezes , best known as Ademir , was a Brazilian footballer, regarded as one of the best centre forwards in the history of the Brazil national team. His prominent jawbone earned him the nickname Queixada, which means "Jaw".He is best known for his exploits in the World Cup 1950...
, Brazilian footballer - Bruno Marques MenezesBruno Marques MenezesBruno Marques Menezes is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Cuiabá Esporte Clube. He formerly played with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire. He is primarily utilized on the right side....
, Brazilian footballer - Fernando MenesesFernando MenesesFernando Andrés Meneses Cornejo is a Chilean midfielder, who plays for Universidad Católica.-Club carrer:...
, Chilean footballer - Henry MenezesHenry MenezesHenry Menezes is now the CEO Chief Executive Officer at the Western India Football Association which is the Governing body for Maharashtra State and is affiliated to the All India Football Federation. an Indian football manager...
, Indian football manager - José Clayton Menezes Ribeiro, Brazilian-Tunisian footballer
- Jude MenezesJude MenezesJude Menezes is a former field hockey goalkeeper from India who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1992 against South Korea. Menezes represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where India finished in seventh place...
, Indian field hockey goalkeeper - Luís Vinícius de Menezes, Brazilian footballer
- Luiz Antonio "Mano" Venker Menezes, Brazilian football manager
- Paulo MenezesPaulo MenezesPaulo Menezes is a footballer from Brazil who plays as right back for Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League.-External links:*...
, Brazilian footballer - Rildo da Costa MenezesRildo da Costa MenezesRildo da Costa Menezes, also known as Rildo was a former association footballer, one of the all-time best defender lateral for Santos F.C. with Dalmo and Geraldino.-Professional:...
, Brazilian footballer - Tony MenezesTony MenezesAnthony Santos Menezes is a naturalized Canadian professional soccer player.-Club career:A 6'1, 180 lb defender, Menezes immigrated to Brazil with his family at age 10. He played for Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro until 2001, then signed with Chinese team Nanjing Yoyo...
, Canadian footballer - Valeska MenezesValeska MenezesValeska dos Santos Menezes is a female volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
, Brazilian volleyball player - Vergel MenesesVergel MenesesVergel Meneses - nicknamed "The Aerial Voyager" - is a retired Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine National team...
, Filipino basketball player
See also
- Meneses de CamposMeneses de CamposMeneses de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 142 inhabitants....
, municipality in Spain - MQVMQVMQV is an authenticated protocol for key agreement based on the Diffie–Hellman scheme. Like other authenticated Diffie-Hellman schemes, MQV provides protection against an active attacker...
(Menezes-Qu-Vanstone), cryptographic protocol