Toledo ancestry of Sancha de Alaya (was Re: matrilines in Europe)

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Toledo ancestry of Sancha de Ayala
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"....As an aside, I know of no reliable evidence that Theresa Vaszquez,
wife of Fernan Gomez, was a member of the da Cunha family, or
Portuguese at all. Based on the naming patterns, I would be looking
for a family that used the names Martin and Vasco. ...."

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/msg/f88cf1426df054fb

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about PORTUGUESE ANCESTRY OF SANCHA DE AYALA

that obviously was family of such names.
Hopefully Leo in some future updates things to his database.... however, the family was known in the time of the 1383..85 crisis of Portugal, and its high position was established prior, i.e in 1300s.

http://genealogics.org/descend.php?personID=I00461284&tree=LEO&displayoption=all&generations=4

Martim Vasques 'velho' da Cunha, senhor de Tavoa
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Vasco Martins 'seco' da Cunha, senhor de Tavoa
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Martim Vasquez da Cunha, senhor de Tavoa; married Violante Lopes Pacheco
http://genealogics.org/descend.php?personID=I00262176&tree=LEO
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Vasco Martins da Cunha, senhor de Tavoa
married firstly, Leonor Lopes de Albergaria
http://genealogics.org/descend.php?personID=I00319478&tree=LEO&displayoption=all&generations=4
married secondly, Teresa batarde de Albuquerque
http://genealogics.org/descend.php?personID=I00262132&tree=LEO
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dom Martim Vasques da Cunha, count of Valencia
married firstly, Teresa Telles Giroa, senora de El Frechoso
http://genealogics.org/descend.php?personID=I00461733&tree=LEO
http://genealogics.org/descend.php?personID=I00319456&tree=LEO
married secondly, Maria Brites de Borgonha de Portugal, heiress of Valencia de Campos
http://genealogics.org/descend.php?personID=I00299897&tree=LEO