The Maison de Abreu (House of Abreu) is an ancient branch of the House of Normandy via the Countship of Évreux, France. Gonçalo Martins de Évreux was a famed crusader in the 3rd crusade who came to Portugal with Henry of Burgundy (Father of King Afonso I). Latter he joined the royal court of King Afonso I (Son of Theresa, Countess of Portugal) between 1185-1211, who became the first King of Portugal by achieving the independence of the southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia from the Kingdom of León. Lord Gonçalo Martins de Évreux was granted lands in Valença-do-Minho and Ponte de Lima (In what was to become the Kingdom of Portugal). It is at this junction that Évreux became phonetically "Portugized" into Abreu creating a cadet branch of the House in Portugal. Lord Gonçalo Martins de Abreu settled, founded a manor and built La Torre de Abreu. He gave his name to the courtly estate and the surrounding territory he now controlled. He is regarded as the patriarch of the present line. The incumbent Chef de la Maison is, Don René Léopold de Abreu y de León II, Seigneur de Abreu. Don René II is the 20th-partite holder of His office.
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