Martim Afonso de Melo

Martim Afonso de Melo (1360-1432) was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Arega and Barbacena. Alcaide of Évora, and Guarda-mor of John I of Portugal.

Biography
Born in Évora, was the son of Vasco Martins de Melo and Maria Afonso de Brito. Martim married twice, the first with Beatriz Pimentel, daughter of Juan Afonso Pimentel y Vasques da Fonseca, Count of Benavente, and Joana Telles de Menezes.

His second marriage was to Briolanja de Sousa, granddaughter of Vasco Martins de Sousa and Inês Dias Manuel, a noblewoman, daughter Sancho Manuel de Villena and Inés Díaz de Toledo. She was granddaughter of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, and Inés de Castañeda.