Selected Families and Individuals


ADÃO Gonçalves Ferreira [Parents] was born in 1430/1435 in Funchal, Ilha da Maderia, Portugal. He married BEATRIZ Pereira.

Juntamente com sua irmã gêmea Eva, foi o primeiro português a nascer na Ilha da Madeira. Descende do Rei dos Reis Dario I da Pérsia, de Fernando I de Castela, Carlos Magno, Ramiro II das Asturias, de Addallah ibn Muhammed Sétimo Emir de Córdova, Hugo Capeto, William I o Conquistador da Inglaterra, Afonso Henriques.

Ancestral de Wagner R. P. G. de França e Eliselda C. de Faria

BEATRIZ Pereira was born in 1430/1435 in Câmara de Lobos, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married ADÃO Gonçalves Ferreira.

They had the following children:

  F i MARIA Adão

Vasco Fernandes was born in 1430/1440. He married Eva Gomes Ferreira.

Eva Gomes Ferreira [Parents] was born in 1433/1438 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Vasco Fernandes.


Gaspar Gonçalves Ferreira [Parents] was born in 1437/1442 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Catarina Anes Drummond.

(Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira in BGL, 1942, tto Ferreiras cont.)

Catarina Anes Drummond [Parents] was born in 1440/1445 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Gaspar Gonçalves Ferreira.

They had the following children:

  M i Pedro Gonçalves Ferreira
  F ii Grimanesa Gonçalves Ferreira
  F iii Ana Gonçalves Ferreira
  F iv Isabel Ferreira Drummond
  F v Branca Afonso
  F vi Joana Escórcio
  F vii Mécia Lourenço

Belquior Gonçalves Ferreira [Parents] was born in 1440/1445 in Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. He married Branca Afonso de Drummond.

Branca Afonso de Drummond [Parents] was born in 1445/1450 in Santa Cruz, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal. She married Belquior Gonçalves Ferreira.


João Anes do Canto [Parents] was born about 1457 in Guimarães, Distrito de Braga, Portugal. He died after 1500 in Angra do Heroísmo, Ilha Terceria dos Açores, Portugal. He married Francisca da Silva in 1482/1487.

Francisca da Silva was born about 1460 in Guimarães, Distrito de Braga, Portugal. She died after 1500 in Angra do Heroísmo, Ilha Terceria dos Açores, Portugal. She married João Anes do Canto in 1482/1487.

They had the following children:

  M i Pedro Anes do Canto
  M ii Francisco do Canto was born about 1495 in Guimarães, Distrito de Braga, Portugal. He died in Roma, Itália.
  M iii Antonio do Canto was born about 1500 in Guimarães, Distrito de Braga, Portugal. He died in Roma, Itália.

Jorge de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1379/1382 in Héricourt-en-Caux, Normandia, França. He married Elvira Gonçalves de Avila.

Jorge de Bettencourt, foi o terceiro filho de Regnault IV de Bettencourt, tendo nascido em França, de onde passou para os Açores, com seus irmãos e seu tio, o primeiro vice-rei das Canárias (--.V.1405). Lá permaneceu por apenas um ano, indo para Espanha em 1406, onde se fixou, e ficou conhecido como o Senhor de S. Bertholames e de Nove Redonda. Em Espanha, casou-se com Elvira de Avilla, filha de Estevão Domingues de Avilla, Senhor de Navas e irmã de Gil Gonçalves de Avilla, Senhor de Serpedoza. Faleceu no Reino de Castela (Revista Michaelense, pg. 1103, tto Avilas; De Noronha, H. H., Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira (1700) in BGL, 1947, tto Bettencourts).

Descende de Carlos Magno, de Hugo Capeto e William I da Inglaterra, o Conquistador.

Elvira Gonçalves de Avila [Parents] was born in 1385/1390 in Valladolid, Reino de Castela, Espanha. She married Jorge de Bettencourt.

They had the following children:

  M i João Sanches de Bettencourt

Guillien de Las Casas was born in 1375/1380 in (...), França. He married Inês de Bettencourt.

Inês de Bettencourt [Parents] was born in 1377/1380 in Héricourt-en-Caux, Normandia, França. She married Guillien de Las Casas.


Martim Ferreira [Parents] was born in 1397/1401 in Paços de Ferreira, Distrito do Porto, Portugal. He married Violante Afonso da Cunha.

Foi o Quarto Senhor de Cavaleiros.

Violante Afonso da Cunha was born in 1395/1400 in Distrito do Porto, Portugal. She married Martim Ferreira.

They had the following children:

  F i Branca Afonso da Cunha

BAUDOUIN II de Hainaut [Parents] was born in 1056 in Montfort, Eure, França. He died on 9 Jun 1098 in Nicéia, Turquia. He married IDA de Louvain.


Foi Conde de Hainaut e Valenciennes (1071-1098) e deteve o senhorio de Beaumont (Hainaut) após a morte de sua mãe (1086). Participou da 1° Cruzada (1095). Ele se junta a Godeffroy de Bouillon e participou da tomada de Antióquia (1098). Em seguida, juntamente com Hugues I de Vermandois, parte para Constantinopla, mas é atacado e morto pelos turcos nas proximidades de Nicéia.

Descende de Carlos Magno e Hugo Capeto.

IDA de Louvain [Parents] was born in 1060 in Louvain, Bélgica. She died in 1107 in Hainaut, Bélgica. She married BAUDOUIN II de Hainaut.

Descende de Carlos Magno.

They had the following children:

  F i RICHILDE de Hainaut
  F ii AELIDES de Hainaut
  M iii BAUDOUIN III de Hainaut

HENRI II de Louvain [Parents] was born about 1030 in Louvain, Bélgica. He died in 1078 in Mosteiro de St. Gertrud, Nivelles, França. He married ADELA van Betuwe.

Descende de Carlos Magno.

ADELA van Betuwe [Parents] was born about 1030 in Louvain, Bélgica. She married HENRI II de Louvain.

Descende de Carlos Magno.

They had the following children:

  F i IDA de Louvain
  M ii HENRI III de Louvain
  M iii GODFRIED I de Baard

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