Count of Marialva

The Coat of Arms of the Coutinho family, Counts 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, 5th Countess of Marialva , 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.

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Bibliography

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