Antonia de Mendonça de Vasconcellos

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Antonia de Mendonça de Vasconcellos

#262572 | Menarue | 21 Sep 2010 10:33

Can anyone tell me anything about this lady. She lived in about 1680 and is listed at "dama do paço"
her details are these http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=176297
I can´t find any information at all but I would also be grateful if someone could tell me exactly what "dama de Paço) meant.
Thanks,
Menarue

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#262575 | goncalosimoes | 21 Sep 2010 11:00 | In reply to: #262572

Hello Menarue

Dama de Paço meants Lady-in-Wainting.
I hope iit heps you
Best regards
Gonçalo

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#262580 | Menarue | 21 Sep 2010 11:23 | In reply to: #262575

Thank you, I thought it did. I suppose this means she was from a family with some connection to the court of the time.
I wonder which Queen she waited on. I find it strange that there is no other information about her family. I see that there are still members of the Mendonça de Vasconcellos in Madeira and wonder if she had some connection to them.

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#262634 | goncalosimoes | 22 Sep 2010 10:48 | In reply to: #262580

Hello Menarue,

It is hard to say what Queen she Wainted for, because in geneall.net it does not appear any date until her grand-grand daughter, Jerónima Genoveva de Tovar Noronha that was born in 1700.
But with the date of her grand-grand daughter's born, we can calculate that's possible with two Queens: Queen D. Luísa de Gusmão wife of King D. João IV or Queen D. Maria Francisca de Nemours wife of King D. Afonso V. Earlier I think that is impossible, because the court was in Madrid (just a few portuguese ladies-in-waiting went to Madrid).
But in the court the Damas do Paço not only waited on queens, but infantas (princess) or royal family members.
I'm not a professional just a amateur so I can not say much more than it.
best regards
Gonçalo

(sorry my bad english)

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#262635 | Menarue | 22 Sep 2010 10:52 | In reply to: #262634

Thanks Gonçalo, your English is very good indeed and I am grateful for your information.

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