Pedro Correia da Cunha
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Pedro Correia da Cunha' was a Portuguese nobleman who became the Second Captain of Porto Santo and First Captain of Graciosa
Island in the Azores. His wife was Izeu Peresterelo, daughter of Bartolomeu Perestrelo
and thus sister to Columbus's wife Filipa Moniz. Izeu Perestrelo was cousin to Ana de Mendonça, King John II's Mistress. Pedro Correia was a descendant of D. Payo Peres Correia, 17th Grandmaster of the Portuguese Military Order of Santiago
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Pedro Correia purchased the Captaincy of Porto Santo in 1458 for 300,000 reais plus a perpetual yearly interest payment of 30,000 reais. In 1473 he was forced to return the Captaincy of Porto Santo, due to a lawsuit brought his brother-law, Bartolomeu Perestrelo "o Moço," who was underage when his mother sold the Captaincy.
Pedro Correia was also one of King John II's twenty five Royal Guards and is buried along with his wife in the Chapel of St. John at the Carmo Monastery in Lisbon.
Graciosa
Graciosa Island is referred to as the White Island, the northernmost of the Central Group of islands in the Azores. The ovular Portuguese island has an area of 60.65 km², a length of 10 km and a width of 7 km...
Island in the Azores. His wife was Izeu Peresterelo, daughter of Bartolomeu Perestrelo
Bartolomeu Perestrelo
Bartolomeu Perestrello , 1st Capitão Donatário, Lord and Governor of the Island of Porto Santo was a Portuguese navigator and explorer that is claimed to have discovered and populated Porto Santo Island together with João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira...
and thus sister to Columbus's wife Filipa Moniz. Izeu Perestrelo was cousin to Ana de Mendonça, King John II's Mistress. Pedro Correia was a descendant of D. Payo Peres Correia, 17th Grandmaster of the Portuguese Military Order of Santiago
Order of Santiago
The Order of Santiago was founded in the 12th century, and owes its name to the national patron of Galicia and Spain, Santiago , under whose banner the Christians of Galicia and Asturias began in the 9th century to combat and drive back the Muslims of the Iberian Peninsula.-History:Santiago de...
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Pedro Correia purchased the Captaincy of Porto Santo in 1458 for 300,000 reais plus a perpetual yearly interest payment of 30,000 reais. In 1473 he was forced to return the Captaincy of Porto Santo, due to a lawsuit brought his brother-law, Bartolomeu Perestrelo "o Moço," who was underage when his mother sold the Captaincy.
Pedro Correia was also one of King John II's twenty five Royal Guards and is buried along with his wife in the Chapel of St. John at the Carmo Monastery in Lisbon.