Category: House of Corte-Real

Categories: Portuguese Nobility | European Noble Houses

Landing level category for profiles of persons affiliated with this noble house.

Managed by the European Aristocrats project. House Mentor is : Miguel Videira

House of Corte-Real

The Corte-Real (also Côrte-Real and Corte Real) are a Portuguese family of noble origins in the 14th century, from Tavira . The family is famous for its involvement in the Portuguese discoveries during the Age of Exploration, in the 16th century. During this time, João Vaz Corte-Real and his sons Gaspar Corte-Real and Miguel Corte-Real, notably participated in exploratory voyages to Newfoundland, in Canada.

See:

• Corte-Real on Wikipedia

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