Mem Soares de Melo, 1st Lord de Melo

Mem Soares de Melo
Lord
Spouse(s)	Teresa Afonso Gato
Noble family	Mello
Father	Soeiro Raimundes
Mother	Urraca Viegas
Born	13th century Kingdom of Portugal
Died	13th century Kingdom of Portugal

Mem Soares de Melo (c.1200-1262) was a Portuguese Nobleman, 1st Lord de Melo.

Born approximately 1200, in Portugal, son of Soeiro Raimundes de Riba de Vizela and Urraca Viegas Barroso, and according to a prestigious Portuguese genealogist, he was a descendant of two Visigoth kings. Soares de Melo was married to Teresa Afonso Gato, daughter Affonso Pires o Gato and Urraca Fernandes de Lumiares, a distant descendant of Mendo Alão and his wife an Armenian princess.

Mem Soares de Melo, was the founder of the Mello family, he served in the court of King Afonso III of Portugal, as alferes-mor, Lieutenant of Gouveia, and Counselor.

Mem Soares de Melo was owner of two Castles in Gouveia and Linhares.

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