Pedro Correia da Cunha
Pedro Correia da Cunha | |
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1st Captain-Donatário of Santa Cruz | |
In office 1475–1485 | |
Monarchs | |
Preceded by | Vasco Gil Sodré |
Succeeded by | Duarte Correia da Cunha |
Constituency | Santa Cruz |
1st Captain-Donatário of Santa Cruz | |
In office 1485–1497 | |
Monarchs | |
Succeeded by | Graciosa |
Personal details | |
Born | Pedro Correia da Cunha 1440 |
Died | 1497 Lisbon |
Citizenship | Kingdom of Portugal |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Spouse | Izeu Peresterelo |
Children | Jorge Correia da Cunha Duarte Correia da Cunha Branca Correia da Cunha Filipa Correia da Cunha Maria Correia da Cunha Catarina Correia de Lacerda |
Residence | Santa Cruz da Graciosa |
Pedro Correia da Cunha (1440 – 1497, Lisbon) was a Portuguese nobleman who was the Second Donatary-Captain of
Biography
Pedro Correia was a descendant of D.
Donatary-Captain
Pedro Correia purchased the Donatary-Captaincy of Porto Santo in 1458 for 300,000 reais plus a perpetual yearly interest payment of 30,000 reais. Yet, in 1473 he was forced to return the Captaincy due to a lawsuit brought by his brother-law, Bartolomeu Perestrelo "o Moço", who was under-age at the time that his mother sold the Captaincy.[1][2]
Pedro Correia da Cunha arrived in Graciosa around 1475, after being nominated to the position of Donatary-Captain of the northern part of the island. At the time Graciosa was divided into two captaincies: the southern part of the island (with its seat in Vila da Praia) was under the governorship of Vasco Gil Sodré; the northern captaincy, seated in Santa Cruz, was offered to Pedro Correia da Cunha. After 1485, his wife and children came to live on Graciosa, when Cunha became the principal Donatary-Captain, when the territory was unified.
Later life
He died in Lisbon in 1497, and was buried in the Chapel of St. John, erected in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo (of whom he was patron). His wife's remains were later buried in the same chapel, after she died on the island of Graciosa.
Descendants
His wife was Izeu Peresterelo de Mendonça, daughter of
From his marriage to Izeu Perestrelo de Mendonça, his children were:
- Jorge Correia da Cunha, who married Leonor de Melo, but died before inheriting the Donatary-Captaincy of Graciosa;
- Duarte Correia da Cunha, who succeeded his father as Donatary-Captain of Graciosa, and married twice;
- Branca (or Briolanja) Correia da Cunha, who became wife of Diogo Vaz Sodré;
- Filipa Correia da Cunha, who married Simão da Cunha;
- Maria Correia da Cunha;
- Catarina Correia de Lacerda, who married Heitor Mendes de Vasconcelos;