Count of Penela

Count of Penela (Portuguese: Conde de Penela) was a Portuguese title of nobility. It was created on 10 October 1471 by King Afonso V of Portugal and granted to his 4th cousin, Dom Afonso de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 1st Count of Penela.

Coat of Arms of the Counts of Penela (1st creation).

Dom Afonso was close related to the Portuguese royal family, once his great-grandfather was Infante John of Portugal (son of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro).

Genealogy Summary

 Pedro I (1320–1367) King of Portugal | __________________________|............................. | |  : | |  : Fernando I Infante João João I (1345–1383) (1349–1397) (1357–1433) King of Portugal Duke of Valencia de Campos King of Portugal | (Spanish title) | |  : | |  : | |  : | Beatrice Afonso Duarte I (1372–1408) (c.1370- ? ) (1391–1438) Queen de jure Lord of Cascais King of Portugal | | | | | | Fernando de Vasconcelos | (c.1400- ? ) | Lord of Soalhães | | | | | | | Afonso de Vasconcelos Royal House of Portugal (1441- ? ) 1st Count of Penela 

A second creation of this title occurred in December 1907, when King Charles I of Portugal granted it to José Maria de Portugal de Vasconcelos da Costa Mexia de Matos.

List of the Counts of Penela

First creation (1471)

• Afonso de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 1st Count of Penela (born 1441)
• João de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 2nd Count of Penela (born 1470)

Second Creation (1907)

• José Maria de Portugal de Vasconcelos da Costa Mexia de Matos, 3rd Count of Penela (born 1868).

See also

• List of Countships in Portugal

External links

• Genealogy of the Counts of Penela, in Portuguese

Bibliography

"Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. III, page 117/118. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.