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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trist%C3%A3o_Vaz_Teixeira
- Tristan Vaz Teixeira, 1st Captain Grantee of Machico
Tristao Vaz Teixeira (c. 1395-1480) was according to Zurara, squire of the Infante D. Henrique, whom he accompanied to Ceuta and Tangier, where he proved to be "a very burning man". Later knighted.
With João Gonçalves Zarco and Bartolomeu Perestrelo, he discovered the islands of Porto Santo and Madeira (1419-1420) , which he was charged with colonizing.
He later populated the island of Madeira in 1425. He was responsible for the captaincy of Machico with a donation letter dated 11 May 1440.
He organized several expeditions to Africa, with his caravels.
For abuse of authority, he was exiled from his jurisdiction to which he returned pardoned in 1452.
He married Branca Teixeira and left numerous descendants, today widely spread across the archipelago.
He died in Silves at an advanced age where he had gone on business.
Children:
-Tristão Teixeira, O das Damas married to Guiomar de Lordelo Alda Mendes
-Henrique Teixeira married to Brites Vaz Ferreira -
-João Teixeira married to Filipa Furtada de Mendonça
-Lançarote Teixeira, O Velho married to Brites de Goes
-Tristoa Teixeira married to Micer João Uzadamar
-Isabel Teixeira married to João Fernandes de Lordelo
-Brites Teixeira
-Catarina Teixeira married to Gaspar Mendes de Vasconcelos
-Guiomar Teixeira married to Bartolomeu Perestrelo II
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1395 - 1480 (85 years)
