# Rui Gil Moniz

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**Rui Gil Moniz** (formerly Rui Gil) was a [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_people) nobleman.

## Life

He was a son of [Gil Aires](/source/Gil_Aires) and wife Leonor Rodrigues.

He was a [Treasurer](/source/Treasurer) of the [Casa da Moeda](/source/Imprensa_Nacional_Casa_da_Moeda) of [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon).

## Marriage and issue

He married Filipa de Almada, daughter of João Vaz de Almada, [Vedor](/source/Comptroller) of King [Afonso V of Portugal](/source/Afonso_V_of_Portugal), and wife Violante de Castro, and had:

- [Garcia Moniz](/source/Garcia_Moniz)
- Francisco de Almada, Commander of [Esgueira](/source/Esgueira) and / or [Aguim](/source/Aguim) in the [Order of Christ](/source/Order_of_Christ_(Portugal)), of the old ones who were unmarried, but had natural children
- *Frei* Nicolau Moniz, who was made himself a [Friar](/source/Friar) of the [Carmelites](/source/Carmelites) and then went out and became a [Clergyman](/source/Clergy#Catholicism)
- Leonor Moniz, second wife of Jorge de Sousa, without issue

## Sources

- Manuel João da Costa Felgueiras Gaio, "Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal", Tomo Vigésimo Primeiro, Título de Monizes, § 17, § 18 e § 19
- Various Authors, "Armorial Lusitano", Lisbon, 1961, pp. 370-372
- Dom Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Portugal Sousa e Silva, 1.º Visconde de Sanches de Baena, "Archivo Heraldico-Genealógico", Lisbon, 1872, Volume II, p. CXV
- Cristóvão Alão de Morais, "Pedatura Lusitana", Volume I (reformulated edition), pp. 668-670

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