Fernando de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real

Dom Fernando de Noronha (Burgos, c. 1380 — Ceuta, 2 or 3 June 1445) was a 15th-century Castilian-Portuguese nobleman. He was the 2nd Count of Vila Real, a title which he acquired and shared by his marriage to Brites de Menezes, 2nd Countess of Vila Real and the third Portuguese governor of Ceuta from 1437. Fernando de Noronha died in Ceuta in June 1445. Fernando de Noronha and Brites de Menezes had two sons: * (from which stems the Portuguese noble house of Count of Vila Real) * , Lord of Sortelha (from which stems the Portuguese noble house of )

Fernando de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real

Dom Fernando de Noronha (Burgos, c. 1380 — Ceuta, 2 or 3 June 1445) was a 15th-century Castilian-Portuguese nobleman. He was the 2nd Count of Vila Real, a title which he acquired and shared by his marriage to Brites de Menezes, 2nd Countess of Vila Real and the third Portuguese governor of Ceuta from 1437. Fernando de Noronha died in Ceuta in June 1445. Fernando de Noronha and Brites de Menezes had two sons: * (from which stems the Portuguese noble house of Count of Vila Real) * , Lord of Sortelha (from which stems the Portuguese noble house of )