Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses


Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses, was a Portuguese nobleman, member of the Téllez de Meneses lineage, and the father of Leonor Teles, queen consort of Portugal.
His parents were Afonso Telles de Meneses, called el Raposo, vassal of King Afonso IV of Portugal, and Berengáira Lourenço de Valadares, daughter of Lourenço Soares de Valadares and Sancha Nunes de Chacím.

Biography

Martim Afonso was the Mayordomo of Maria of Portugal, the wife of King Alfonso XI of Castile and mother of the only surviving son of this marriage, Peter of Castile. On 16 January 1356, he and several nobles were at the Alcázar de Toro with the queen when King Peter of Castile arrived, accompanied by several squires, entered the grounds of the fortress and ordered the assassination of several of the men who were there with the queen, including Martim. Pero López de Ayala in his chronicles describes the events as follow:

Marriage and issue

Martim Afonso and his wife, Aldonça Anes de Vasconcelos, daughter of João Mendes de Vasconcelos, Alcalde of Estremoz, and Aldara Alfonso Alcoforado, had the following children:
He was also the father of a daughter born out of wedlock: