Person:Francisco Gois Cardoso (1)

He descends from 2 illustrous lines per Miguel. As you know, the interesting fact is that the Teixeira Cardoso surname - here comes through a female line - and supersedes the Vasconcelos. This is a real proof that the Gaula's Teixeira Cardoso' status was higher than the powerful Vasconcellos.

But one of the most interesting points in these Teixeira Cardoso is their link with the historical Almadas, through Beatriz de Almada, dau. of Pedro Álvares de Almada, fidalgo da Casa Real, warrior at the service of the King of England, from whom he was granted a coat of arms, for him and his descendants.

I have the text in portuguese of the CBA (Carta de Brasão de Armas) granted to Pedro Álvares de Almada. Naturally, the Almadas Cardosos frøm Madeira and their descendants never forgot their connection to the Almadas. In Portugal the Almadas would rise steadily to the upper echelon of nobility.

To sum up: the Teixeira Cardoso's - who will becøme the Almadas Cardosos, and a series of Morgados de São de Latrão, are perhaps one of the madeiran families with a better pedigree

Teixeiras Góis Cardosos Gouveias Melos Castros Farias and Almadas

1. ↑ Leandro Augusto Teles Oliveira-Fellow Researcher & Cousin.
2. ↑ Henrique Henriques de Noronha. Cardosos de Gaula - HHN. (Nobiliario da Ilha da Madeira, Portugal)
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   Francisco ds Goes Cardoso , filho de Antonio Teixeira Cardoso, sucedeu n´o Morgado de Gáula, de seu Bisavô, por sentença d´a Relação.
   Casou n´a Villa de Sancta Cruz com Joanna Dias