Inquisition & hidalgo families
Violante Nunes and her Ribadavia relatives
Catalogue metadata only; documented means explicit in the catalogue description, not a reading of the damaged folios. Every relationship is stated relative to Violante, so the siblings are not drawn as children of her parents. Luís Álvares and Fernão de Álvares are not connected to any other Álvarez in this archive or to our own family.
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Family reconstruction
Catalogue metadata only; documented means explicit in the catalogue description, not a reading of the damaged folios. Every relationship is stated relative to Violante, so the siblings are not drawn as children of her parents. Luís Álvares and Fernão de Álvares are not connected to any other Álvarez in this archive or to our own family.
Claims & citations
The catalogue names Diogo Vaz of Vila Flor as Violante’s father.
The catalogue names Branca Nunes of Vila Flor as Violante’s mother.
Rodrigo Nunes of Lamego is catalogued as her brother.
Fernando, a minor, is catalogued as her brother.
Isabel Álvares is catalogued as her sister.
Maria Vaz of Ribadavia is catalogued as her sister.
Leonor of Ribadavia is catalogued as her sister.
Catarina is catalogued as her sister.
The catalogue describes Maria Vaz as married to Luís Álvares, both living in Ribadavia.
Fernão de Álvares, a Ribadavia merchant, is catalogued as her paternal uncle.
André Nunes, licenciado, is catalogued as her maternal uncle.
Diogo Nunes is catalogued as her maternal uncle.
Henriques Nunes is catalogued as her maternal uncle.
Isabel Nunes is listed under her maternal uncles and aunts.
The catalogue describes Violante as a cristã-nova accused of Judaism, heresy and apostasy. This is the tribunal’s classification and charge, not a finding.
The birthplace field reads Vila Flor or Ribadavia. The migrated description quotes fol. 33 as Vila Flor and fol. 33v as Ribadavia, where she was born with other siblings. The folios themselves have not been inspected.
Record
Violante Nunes · Coimbra catalogue
ANTT, PT/TT/TSO-IC/025/04068
Catalogue description verified; the loose, badly damaged folios were not inspected. Every relationship is catalogued relative to Violante. Catalogue dates describe the proceedings, not life dates.