Count of Marialva

Count of Marialva (in Portuguese Conde de Marialva) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, issued in 1440, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, 3rd. Marshal of Portugal.

List of the Counts of Marialva (1440)

1. Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, also 3rd Marshal of Portugal;
2. Gonçalo Coutinho;
3. João Coutinho ;
4. Francisco Coutinho, married to Beatrice of Meneses, 2nd Countess of Loulé;
5. Guiomar Coutinho, also 3rd Countess of Loulé. Married to Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda.

Family Name

The family name associated with these titles was Coutinho, a family with origins in the old Portuguese nobility.

See also

• Duke of Guarda
• Count of Loulé
• List of Countships in Portugal

External links

• Genealogy of the Counts of Marialva, in Portuguese

Bibliography

”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil" – Vol. II, pages 721/722. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.