Background
Firstborn son of Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, he was in Lisbon completing his education, while his brother was a novice at the Monastery of Alcobaça, indicating the importance of the family within the Portuguese Court at the time.
Firstborn son of Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, he was in Lisbon completing his education, while his brother was a novice at the Monastery of Alcobaça, indicating the importance of the family within the Portuguese Court at the time.
Donatário
João Rodrigues followed his father"s policy of attracting settlers to the islands of the Azores. He invited many people from the kingdom, those with a spirit of adventure, that included many of the prominent families in the modern archipelago, including the Monizes, Baretos, Baldaias, Vaz, Sousas, Esteves, Rochas, Machados, Costas and Benevides. Later life
During Pedro"s administration various Jewish families came to the Azores, after being expelled in 1497 from the continent (the document was only published four years later).