of the Viceroy of India D. Afonso de Albuquerque and Brites da Câmara (Câmara being a niece of João Gonçalves Zarco, the first Donatary-Captain of Funchal). Following the death of his first wife he married Jordoa Faleiro, daughter of Fernão Vaz Faleiro, a notary of Vila do Porto, and D. Filipa de Resendes. Even later he married Maria de Andrade, daughter of Nuno Fernandes Velho, master of Larache. João Soares de Sousa had 24 children with his three spouses. His son Pedro Soares de Sousa—who succeeded him as Donatary-Captain of Santa Maria—was born as a result of his first marriage. Other sons from his first marriage include: Manuel de Sousa, who in his youth killed a man but escaped to fight in France, Italy, and Tunis under Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (but who ultimately died in Santa Maria, after a 35-year absence, in combat with French pirates who burned Vila do Porto); Rui de Sousa, who died in combat in India; and André de Sousa, who married Mécia de Lemos, daughter of D. Luís de Figueiredo Lemos, Bishop of Funchal. Soares de Sousa's children from his second marriage include: Gonçalo Velho, who died at sea; and Álvaro de Sousa, who married D. Isabel, daughter of Amador Vaz Faleiro. Álvaro de Sousa and D. Isabel's daughter D. Jordoa de Sousa Faleiro—João Soares de Sousa's granddaughter—eventually married Fernão de Andrade Velho before Barbary pirates took her captive to North Africa in 1616. João Soares de Sousa died on 2 January 1571 in Vila do Porto. He was buried in the presbytery of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Our Lady of the Assumption) in Vila do Porto, near the door to the sacristy. References Notes Sources Sousa Joao Soares 1499 births People from Santa Maria Island 1571 deaths 16th-century Portuguese people