History of the Counts Of Ourem
Count of Ourém (in Portuguese Conde de Ourém) is a Portuguese title granted, in 1370 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom João Afonso Telo de Meneses, uncle of Queen Leonor Telles de Menezes. Later he also became 4th Count of Barcelos.
Then the County passed to João Fernandes Andeiro (a Galician noble, lover of the Queen) but, when King John I of Portugal took the power, his Constable, Nuno...
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