disappeared mysteriously, with the suggestion that he was murdered, thrown overboard while at sea, during a voyage. Jácome de Bruges had been married to the Castilian noblewoman Sancha Rodriguez d'Arce, who bore him two daughters: Antonia and F. Dias d'Arce de Bruges. In addition, he was also known to have sired two illegitimate sons: Gabriel de Bruges (1446-1471) that predeceased his father and was married to the Portuguese noblewoman Isabel Pereira Sarmento; and Pero Gonçalves, son of a woman called Inês Gonçalves and whom, otherwise, we know very little about. Therefore, Jácome de Bruges' sole heir was his eldest legitimate daughter, Antonia, since her younger sister had become a nun. This Antonia eventually married Duarte Paim (Edward Payne Montagu), a grandson of Sir Thomas Allen Payne of the Montagu family, the secretary of Philippa of Lancaster. Antonia and her husband are the ancestors of the Paim de Bruges noble family. Ultimately more than two thousand Flemish settled in the Azores during the fifteenth century. Although these Flemish immigrants quickly adapted to Portuguese manners, habits, and culture, their legacy — in the form of windmills, clothing, and some lingering physical traits (blond hair and blue eyes) — have persisted until the present day on some Azorean islands to remind visitors of a Flemish heritage. Because of the presence of Flemish farmers, the Azores were known, until quite recently, as the Ilhas de Flamengos (Flemish Isles). See also House of Gruuthuse Louis of Gruuthuse Jean III d'Aa of Gruuthuse Josse van Huerter Willem van der Haegen Josse van Aertrycke References Notes Sources L. Fr. Claeys, André (2011). Vlaamse Adel op de Azoren sinds de 15de eeuw, Volume IV. Bruges, Belgium. pp. 46-47. Donatary-Captains of the Azores Year of death missing De Bruges, Jacome De Bruges, Jacome 1415 births