Leonardo Esteves de Nápoles
Leonardo Esteves de Nápoles was a Portuguese nobleman and military, the natural son of João Esteves and Catarina Esteves.
Because of his deeds in battle, he received an extraordinary amount of Lordships. These donations made him one of the wealthiest land owners of his time in Portugal.Leonardo Esteves de Nápoles married Margarida Anes Afonso. Their only known son was João Esteves da Veiga de Nápoles.False origins of the family
Leonardo Esteves de Nápoles was said to be the eldest son of Stephen of Durazzo and thus the second known member of the Portuguese Nápoles family, a secondary branch of the royal Capetian House of Anjou, of the Kings of Naples, but this is a posterior fabrication, as the origin of the surname de Nápoles, for there is no notice of any such bastard son of a Prince of Naples. His wife was also said to be Margarida Anes Afonso de Menezes, daughter of Dom João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos, 1st Count of Ourém and 4th Admiral of Portugal, and wife Dona Guiomar Lopes Pacheco, but they had no daughter with this name.
