Descendants of Jean de Bethencourt

Bettencourts 1200-2000

Generation Eight

20. Pierre de Bethencourt (I) (Collard, Regnault, Regnault, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)¹⁶⁹^,¹⁶⁹^,¹⁶⁹ was born after 1450 at Caux, France.³² He married Cardine Le Veneur on 18 Nov 1481 at France.¹⁶⁹ He and Cardine Le Veneur had two children.⁶⁸ On 4 Jul 1486 he received from his mother all the property which belonged to her in the parish of Bosc-Asselin, Sigy-en-Bray, France.⁶⁸ He died before 1499.⁶⁸

Cardine Le Veneur³² was also known as Cardine le Veneur.⁶⁸ She was born after 1450 at France.³² She died in 1513.⁶⁸
Children of Pierre de Bethencourt (I) and Cardine Le Veneur both born at Mauquenchy were as follows:

+ 31 i. Jean de Bethencourt (XI) was born after 1482. He married Marie de Martimbosc.
32 ii. Antoine de Bethencourt (IV) (suffix added for clarification)⁶⁸^,⁶⁸^,⁶⁸ was born after 1485.⁶⁸ Antoine de Bethencourt (IV) was Lord of Saint-Rémy, France.⁶⁸ He married Marie de Bethencourt.⁶⁸ In 1523 he recorded a certificate of nobility.⁶⁸

Marie de Bethencourt⁶⁸ was born circa 1485 at France.⁶⁸

23. Maciot de Bethencourt (Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)¹⁷⁰^,⁵⁵^,¹⁷¹^,¹⁷²^,⁴⁰^,¹⁷³^,¹⁷⁴^,¹⁵³^,⁴¹^,¹⁷⁵ was also known as Maciot de Béthencourt.⁹² He was also known as Masiote de Bethencourt.¹⁷³ He was also known as Mathieu de Bethencourt.¹⁷³^,⁵⁵ He was also known as Mossem Menante de Betancor.⁹⁰ He was also known as Maciot de Bethancourt.⁴⁰ He was also known as Maciot de Bettencourt.⁴¹^,⁹ He was also known as Micer Maciote Betancur.¹⁷² He was also known as Massiote de Bethencourt.¹⁷³ He was also known as Mossem Maciot de Betancor.⁹⁰ He was also known as Meciot de Bettencourt.¹⁷⁶ He was also known as Menciot de Bettencourt.¹⁷⁷ He was also known as Meciote de Bettencourt.¹⁷⁴ He was born illegitimate circa 1390 at France.¹⁷⁸^,⁹
     Maciot is a problem in many ways. There are different views on how he is related to the Bettencourts of France. There is a theory that Maciot was not the son of Regnault but of Regnault's sister of unknown name. Another theory states that he is the son of Jean (III)'s sister of unknown name. Current opinion favors Regnault as his parent.
     As to Maciot's wife and children, there are even more problems. Lerianda de Gardaleme is possibly confused with the wife of Maciot's grandson, Maciot (II). Her name is very similar - Leissa Guanartème, her name after converting to Catholicism.¹⁷⁹ He was a knight of the Order of Rhodes.¹⁸⁰
     Maciot de Bethencourt was a knight of the Order of Malta.³⁹^,¹⁸⁰^,¹⁸¹
     Maciot de Bethencourt married Lerianda de Gardaleme at France.⁴¹^,¹⁸²^,⁵⁵^,¹³⁶
     The Ascendência e Descendência do Conselheiro Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt gives Marguérite de Béthencourt's father as Jean IV instead of Maciot. It also states that Jean IV married a second time, in 1415, to Lerize Guardateme, Princess of the Royal House of the Canarias and Lady of the Island of Lanzarote, Marguérite's mother. In a note, however, it states that various authors give Marguérite's father as Maciot.⁵⁶ On 9 May 1405 Maciot traveled to the Canary Islands with his Uncle Jean.¹⁸³^,¹⁸⁴^,¹⁶² He was ruler of the Canary Islands after his uncle left the islands between Dec 1405 and 1447.⁸⁵^,¹⁷²^,⁴⁶^,¹⁸⁵^,¹⁸⁶^,⁵⁷^,⁹⁰^,¹⁸⁷^,⁹² Maciot attempted, with the assistance of some Castilians, to subdue the island of Gomeira, Islas Canarias, Spain, but without success.¹⁷⁰ In 1414 the exactions and tyranny of Maciot de Bethencourt had caused Queen Catherine of Castile to send out three war caravels under the command of Pedro Barba de Campos, Lord of Castro Forte, to control him. Maciot, although only regent, since Jean de Bethencourt was still alive, ceded the islands to Barba and then sailed to Madeira, where he sold to Prince Henry of Portugal, surnamed the Navigator, these very islands which he had just ceded to another, together with those which still remained to be conquered. (According to Os Bettencourt, this sale by Maciot to Campos is pure legend) Maciot subsequently granted them again to the Spanish Count de Niebla on 15 Nov 1419 (1418 according to Os Bettencourt). Pedro Barba de Campos sold them to Fernando Perez of Seville, and the latter again to the aforesaid Count de Niebla, who disposed of them to Guillem de Las Casas, and the latter to his son-in-law Fernan Peraza. Meanwhile, the legitimate proprietor, Jean de Bethencourt, left them by will to his brother Reynaud. It was not until 1479, with the treaty signed at Alcaçova between Affonso V of Portugal and Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile, that the disputes of the two nations on this point were settled - the Canaries belonged to the Castilians.¹⁸⁸^,¹⁸⁹
     In 1415 in Lanzarote, Maciot had a relationship with Teguise, a native woman and daughter of King Guardafia.¹⁹⁰^,⁹^,¹⁹¹^,¹³⁶ With regard to Maciot's relationship with Teguise, it seems that they were never married. They had at least two children, Rodrigo and Inês Margarida. Portuguese genealogists affirm that Maria, another of Maciot's daughters, was also a daughter of Teguise; in fact, Canarian genealogists refer to this Maria as Leonor or Luisa.¹⁷⁹
     He built the church of Nossa Senhora de Bethencourt.¹⁹²
Map of Lanzarote

He, acting as representative of Jean de Bethencourt, granted the lordship of the Canary Islands to D. Henrique de Guzmán, Conde de Niebla on 15 Nov 1418 at Seville, Spain.¹⁹³^,⁵⁷^,¹⁷⁵ In 1447 Maciot was taken prisoner on Lanzarote and imprisoned on the island of Ferro. He later fled with his wife to Portugal.¹⁹⁴ He sold Lanzarote to Prince Henry the Navigator for the soap trade and other income from Madeira on 9 May 1448.¹⁹⁵^,³⁹^,¹⁷²^,¹⁹⁶^,¹⁹⁷^,⁵⁷^,⁹⁰^,¹⁷⁵^,¹⁷¹ He moved with his two daughters and two of his brother's sons to Madeira (Os Bettencourt states that he went with his wife, his eldest daughter who was the widow of Henri (II), and her two sons who were also his brother's two sons since his daughter was married to his brother (niece-uncle). It was the descendants of Henri (II) who altered the "th" of Bethencourt to the "tt" of Bettencourt).¹⁹⁸^,³⁹^,¹⁷²^,¹⁹⁶^,¹⁹⁹^,⁵⁷^,²⁰⁰^,²⁰¹ He resided at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal.²⁰¹ He died between 1454 and 1458 at Madeira, Portugal.²⁰²

Lerianda de Gardaleme³⁹^,¹³⁶ was also known as Lerida de La Garde Tour.²⁰³ She was also known as Lerida de Guarde Teme.⁵⁵ She was also known as Lerida de Guardatem.¹⁷⁷ She was also known as Lerija de Guardateme.¹⁷⁷ She was also known as Lerida de Guardateme.⁴¹ She was also known as Lerida Guardatame.¹² She was also known as Lerisa de Guadateme.²⁰⁴ She was born in 1390 at France.⁴¹^,¹³⁶ She is possibly confused with the wife of Maciot's grandson, Maciot (II).²⁰³ She died in 1425.¹³⁶ She married Henri de Bettencourt, son of Regnault de Bethencourt (IV) and Felipa de Troyes, at France (possible spouse;with no issue. Carlos Machado's Genealogies gives the marriage location as Spain).³⁹^,¹²^,¹³⁶
Children of Maciot de Bethencourt and Lerianda de Gardaleme were as follows:

+ 33 i. Marguérite de Béthencourt was born circa 1405 of a French mother. She married Henri de Bettencourt, son of Regnault de Bethencourt (IV) and Felipa de Troyes, at Islas Canarias.
34 ii. André de Bethencourt¹³⁶^,⁵⁷^,¹⁷⁷^,¹³⁶^,⁵⁷^,¹⁷⁷^,¹³⁶ was also known as André de Betencourt.⁵⁷ He was also known as André de Bettencourt.¹⁷⁷ He was born in 1420.⁵⁷^,¹³⁶ He resided at Spain.⁵⁷ He resided at Islas Canarias.²⁰⁵ In Mar 1502 he attained a grant for a blazon of arms, confirmed in Portugal, 01 Apr 1505, in the person of his cousin Gaspar de Betencourt by D. Manuel (Arch. dos Açores, X, #52).⁵⁷^,²⁰¹^,²⁰⁵

Teguise (--?--)¹⁹⁰^,⁹^,¹³⁶^,¹⁹⁰^,¹⁷¹ was also known as Dona Maria de Teguise.²⁰⁶^,²⁰⁷ She was born circa 1400 at Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, Spain.¹⁹⁰^,¹³⁶ She died before 1491 at Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, Spain, where her mortal remains can be found.²⁰⁸^,²⁰⁹^,¹³⁶
Children of Maciot de Bethencourt and Teguise (--?--) all born at Islas Canarias were as follows:

+ 35 i. Rodrigo de Bethencourt was born illegitimate after 1415.
    36  ii.   Dona Maria de Bethencourt²¹⁰^,⁵⁷^,¹³⁶^,²⁰⁹^,²¹¹^,⁴¹^,²¹²^,⁵⁵^,¹⁸¹^,¹³⁶^,¹⁹⁰^,¹³⁶ was also known as Luisa de Bethencourt so called by Canarian genealogists.¹⁹⁰ She was also known as Leonor de Bethencourt so called by Canarian genealogists.¹⁹⁰ She was also known as Dona Maria de Betancor.²¹³ She was also known as Dona Maria Betancur.²¹¹ She was also known as Dona Maria de Bettencourt.²¹⁴^,⁴¹^,²¹⁵^,²¹⁶ She was also known as Dona Maria de Betencort.²¹⁷ She was born illegitimate circa 1417.¹⁹⁰^,⁵⁵^,¹³⁶ According to Portuguese genealogists, she was the legitimate daughter of Maciot and Teguise.¹⁹⁰ She was perhaps legitimized.¹⁸⁰ She moved to Madeira with her father, sister, and two cousins in 1448.³⁹^,¹⁷²^,¹⁹⁶^,²¹³^,¹⁸¹ She and Rui Gonçalves da Câmara had no children.³⁹^,²¹⁸^,²¹⁵^,²⁰⁹^,²¹¹ She married Rui Gonçalves da Câmara, son of João Gonçalves Zarco and Constança Rodrigues de Sá, at Madeira, Portugal.²¹⁹^,³⁹^,²¹¹^,⁴¹^,²²⁰^,²¹⁵^,⁵⁷^,²¹³^,²¹⁶^,²²¹
     Dona Maria de Bethencourt and Gaspard de Bettencourt (I) o Francês were the first Bettencourts to reach the Açores, whose settlement, begun in 1444, was not far advanced.²²² From the inheritance from her father, Maria received the annual rent of 20,000 reais which had been granted him by the Infante D. Henrique. With this income, her husband Ruy later obtained from D. Henrique the rights to the soap trade in Madeira.²²³ Dona Maria de Bethencourt was the founder of the entail of Água de Mel, Madeira, Portugal. An entail or morgadio was a formal gathering of land, mills, a chapel, and other wealth, which, with royal approval, could be passed down to the oldest male heir (morgado) from generation to generation.²²⁴^,²¹⁵^,¹⁸¹ She left a will on 9 Feb 1491 at Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in which she showed herself to be a grande dame. Concerned with the destiny of her mortal remains, she wanted her executors to build a chapel in the monastery of São Francisco in Funchal for her to be buried there. They were also to bring her mother's bones from Lanzarote and those of her nephew Henrique, as well as those of her husband when he died. The tomb was to be ornamented with the Bettencourt arms, described as a fleur de lys beside the lion of the crest.²²⁵^,¹⁸¹^,²⁰¹ She wrote a codicil on 5 Nov 1493 at São Miguel in which she changed her mind and ordered that she be buried in the chancel of the monastery of São Miguel on that island.²²⁶^,²⁰¹ She died circa 1494.¹⁸⁰

     Rui Gonçalves da Câmara²²⁷^,²¹⁴^,²¹⁴^,⁴¹^,²²⁰^,²¹⁵^,¹⁸¹ was also known as Ruy Gonçalves.⁹⁰ He was also known as João Ruy da Camara (noted in the Livro Quarto das Saudades da Terra, Volume 1, Ponta Delgada, 1977 as being Rui Gonçalves de Camara).²²⁸ He was also known as Ruy Gonçalves da Camera.²²⁹^,⁴¹ He was also known as Rui Gonçalves da Câmara.²³⁰^,³⁹^,²³¹^,⁵⁷ He was also known as Ruy Gonçalves da Câmara.²³² He was also known as Rui Gonçalves d'a Camara.²³³ He was born circa 1425 at Madeira, Portugal; he was the first child of Zarco born in Madeira, the second male child of the famous explorer.²²⁹^,²¹⁵ Ruy Gonçalves accompanied his brother, João Gonçalves, to Africa and there distinguished himself notably as a valiant knight in the diverse frays and skirmishes in which he took part.²¹⁵ In 1437 accompamying the Infantes D. Henrique and D. Fernando in the sieges of Arzila and Tangier, he gave equal proof of his valour becoming well known for his many acts of daring and bravery.²¹⁵ He had four illegitimate children.²³⁴
     Ruy owned one of the largest, if not the largest, piece of property on the island, Lombada da Ponta do Sol (today called "o Esmeraldo"), stretching from the sea to the mountain ridge and from Ribeira da Caixa to Ponta do Sol. In 1473, he sold this property to João Esmeraldo for 600,000 réis in money and a perpetual rent of 150,000 réis annually.²¹⁵^,²³⁵ He resided in 1474 at São Miguel.²¹⁵^,⁵⁷ He took with him to São Miguel three children, all born in Madeira, but not by his wife, including the eldest and successor of the jurisdiction, the trunk of the families of the counts of Vila Franca and of the counts and marquises of Ribeira Grande at São Miguel.²¹⁵ On 10 Mar 1474 Rui Gonçalves da Câmara was the 3º capitão-donatário of the island of São Miguel, (Saudades da Terra refers to him as the third captain, first of that name, whch is why he is sometimes referred to as the frist capitão-donatário) a position he purchased from João Soares de Albergaria, heir to Gonçalo Velho, under very advantageous circumstances. The captaincy was confirmed by D. João II 2 Aug 1483.²³⁶^,²¹¹^,⁴¹^,²²³^,⁵⁷^,⁹⁰^,²³⁵ He left a will in 1497 naming as his heir his natural son, João Gonçalves da Camara.²¹⁵ He died on 27 Nov 1497 at São Miguel.²³¹ He was buried at São Miguel Arcanjo (Matriz), Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel.²¹⁵
+ 37 iii. Inês Margarida de Bethencourt was born illegitimate circa 1420. She married Jean Arriete Prud'homme at Islas Canarias.

24. Henri de Bettencourt (Regnault Bethencourt, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)³⁵^,⁹^,²³⁷^,⁴⁰^,³⁵^,⁵⁵^,²³⁸^,²³⁹^,¹²^,³⁵^,⁵⁵^,¹⁷⁵^,¹² was also known as Henrique Betancur.²⁴⁰ He was also known as Henrique de Bethancourt.⁴⁰ He was also known as Henri de Béthencourt.³⁷ He was also known as Henri de Bethencourt.²⁴¹^,⁵⁵ He was also known as Henrique de Bettencourt.²⁴²^,¹²^,²⁰¹ He was born illegitimate circa 1390 at France.²⁴⁰ On 9 May 1405 he left with his kinsman Jean de Bethencourt for the Canary Islands.¹⁸³^,²⁴³ After 1406 Henri de Bettencourt was Lord of the Islas Canarias.²³⁷^,²⁴⁴ There has been much discussion concerning whom Henri married. It is certain that he married Maciot's daughter, his own niece, but genealogists differ as to which daughter.
     Suarez and Oliveira judged that he married the daughter of Teguise named Inês Margarida. On the other hand, knowing that Inês married a French nobleman who lived in Lanzarote by the name of Jean Arriete Prud'homme (or Ariete, Arriete, Aeriette, Aristo Prodomo, Pardomo, or Perdomo), some genealogists claim that Henri de Bettencourt and Jean Prud'homme are the same person. They recall that the word Prud'homme was used in the Middle Ages to designate certain magistrates, and assert, without any proof, that such was the case with Henri who took this name from his office. The principal argument in favor of this is that the grandchildren of Henri used, in one case, the proper name of Arriete, and, in another case, the surname Perdomo. However, there is no indication that Henri ever changed his first name to Jean.
     Against this assertion, Bergeron argues that Henri married his niece Marguerite, the legitimate daughter of Maciot and a French woman, and that Jean Perdomo married the illegitimate Inês Margarida. This is the line followed by Portuguese genealogists. An argument in favor of this is the different destinations of the sisters - Teguise's daughter, Inês Margarida, lived in the Canary Islands, while Marguerite moved with her father to Madeira.
     According to Carlos Machado's Genealogies, however, Henri married Lerida Guiardatame and the two became the parents of Maciot and Gaspar.²⁴⁵^,¹² He married Marguérite de Béthencourt, daughter of Maciot de Bethencourt and Lerianda de Gardaleme, at Islas Canarias (uncle and neice (or cousins)).³⁷^,⁴¹^,²⁴⁶^,³⁵^,⁵⁵^,²¹⁶^,⁹^,⁵⁶^,²⁰¹^,¹³⁶ Henri was in control of the family business in Ávila, Castile while Maciot was in charge of thre Canary Islands. He was ultimately the ancestor of the Ávila Bettencourt family of the Açores.¹⁹⁵ In 1448 he moved to Madeira.⁷⁹ He married Lerianda de Gardaleme at France (possible spouse;with no issue. Carlos Machado's Genealogies gives the marriage location as Spain).³⁹^,¹²^,¹³⁶

Marguérite de Béthencourt³⁷^,³⁵^,⁵⁵^,¹³⁶^,⁴¹^,²⁴⁷^,²³³^,²⁰¹^,¹³⁶^,⁴¹^,²⁰¹^,¹³⁶ was also known as Margarida de Bethencourt.²⁴¹ She was also known as Margarida de Bettencourt.⁹^,²⁰¹ She was born circa 1405 of a French mother.²⁴⁸
     The Ascendência e Descendência do Conselheiro Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt gives Marguérite de Béthencourt's father as Jean IV instead of Maciot. It also states that Jean IV married a second time, in 1415, to Lerize Guardateme, Princess of the Royal House of the Canarias and Lady of the Island of Lanzarote, Marguérite's mother. In a note, however, it states that various authors give Marguérite's father as Maciot.⁵⁶ She moved to Madeira with her father, sister, and two cousins in 1448.³⁹^,¹⁷²^,¹⁹⁶
Children of Henri de Bettencourt and Marguérite de Béthencourt were as follows:

+ 38 i. Henri de Bethencourt (II) was born circa 1430 at France. He married Dona Isabel Fernandes Tavares, daughter of Vasco Esteves and Joanna Tavares, at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal. He died circa 1500 at Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal.
+ 39 ii. Gaspard de Bettencourt (I) o Francês was born circa 1440 at France. He married Dona Guiomar de Sá, daughter of João Rodrigues de Sá and D. Francisca de Souza, at Lisboa, Portugal; they were married in the house of Dona Violanta, Guiomar's first cousin, wife of the Count of Castanheira. Fructuoso, in his Saudades da Terra, relates an entertaining story concerning the couple: Guiomar de Sá was walking in the Court, making a certain devotion to Saint John, or another saint, expecting that, on the last day, the first man she heard named by the same name would be the husband she would marry, whether he were Portuguese or not. As is the custom of women, or the superstitious, or the intemperate, very desirous of knowing what will happen to them, the devil responds as successor, God permitting that they be deceived by him, or sometimes upheld. It followed on the day and time that Gaspard de Bettencourt was to kiss the king's hand, dressed in green, and on the day before he saw him, Guiomar de Sá heard, a sound coming to her ears, that the man she would marry would be French, and the first time she saw him, he would be dressed in green, as he was. With successes like these, the devil many times deceives many women, they become very superstitious, like this one. He died in 1522 at São Miguel, Açores. He was buried in the chancel of the mother church of São Sebastião (Matriz), Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, with license from the king for a tomb for him, his wife, and his children, as well as permission to hang above the tomb his coat of arms with a banner hanging down, as it was for some years, until the church was demolished to enlarge it.
+ 40 iii. Maciot de Bettencourt (II) was born circa 1450. He married ? Guevara before 1470 at Castile, Spain. He married Lesisa Guanartème, daughter of Armide Lacocon, at Islas Canarias. He died before 1524.

Lerianda de Gardaleme³⁹^,¹³⁶ was also known as Lerida de La Garde Tour.²⁰³ She was also known as Lerida de Guarde Teme.⁵⁵ She was also known as Lerida de Guardatem.¹⁷⁷ She was also known as Lerija de Guardateme.¹⁷⁷ She was also known as Lerida de Guardateme.⁴¹ She was also known as Lerida Guardatame.¹² She was also known as Lerisa de Guadateme.²⁰⁴ She was born in 1390 at France.⁴¹^,¹³⁶ She is possibly confused with the wife of Maciot's grandson, Maciot (II).²⁰³
Lerianda de Gardaleme married Maciot de Bethencourt, son of Regnault de Bethencourt (IV) and Felipa de Troyes, at France.⁴¹^,¹⁸²^,⁵⁵^,¹³⁶ She died in 1425.¹³⁶
There were no children of Henri de Bettencourt and Lerianda de Gardaleme.

25. Georges de Bethencourt (Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean)²⁴⁹^,²⁵⁰^,⁵⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,¹⁵³^,¹⁷⁵^,²⁵⁰^,⁵⁵^,⁶^,⁷^,¹⁷⁵ was also known as Jorge de Bethencourt.²⁵¹ He was also known as Dom Jorge Betancur.²⁵⁰ He was also known as Jorge de Bettencourt.²⁵²^,⁶^,⁷^,⁹^,¹⁷⁵ He was born circa 1390 at France.²⁵⁰^,⁶^,⁹ Genea Portugal traces this line back differently, indicating that Georges' (or Jorge's) father was an unknown Bettencourt, son of João III de Bettencourt and Maria de Braquemont.⁹ In 1402 he discovered (or more properly re-discovered) the Canary Islands with his kinsmen.²⁵⁰ On 9 May 1405 he left with his kinsman Jean de Bethencourt on the second journey to the Canary Islands, but did not remain there long. He returned to Spain with Jean de Bethencourt and settled in Valladolid, taking care of the interests of the Canary Islands with the king.²⁵³^,¹⁷⁵ He married Elvira Gonçalvez de Avilla, daughter of Estevan Dominguez de Ávila and Ximena Blasquez, at Valladolid, Castile, Spain.²⁵⁰^,²⁵¹^,⁶^,⁷^,⁹^,¹⁷⁵ He and Elvira Gonçalvez de Avilla were the ancestors of the Bethencourt Àvila line.²⁵⁴

Elvira Gonçalvez de Avilla²⁵⁰^,²⁵⁵^,²⁵⁶^,⁵⁷^,⁷^,⁹^,¹⁷⁵^,⁷ was also known as Elvira Gonçalves de Ávila.²⁵⁶^,⁹ She was also known as Elvira d' Ávila.⁵⁵ She was also known as Dona Elvira de Ávila.²⁵²^,⁶^,⁷^,¹⁷⁵ She was also known as Maria Gonçalvez de Avilla.²⁵⁷ She was born circa 1390 at Castile, Spain.²⁵⁰ She listed with the name Maria in the Nobiliário de Famílias de Portugal as the daughter of Gil Gonçalvez de Avilla and listed again with the name Elvira as the sister of Gil Gonçalvez de Avilla; both names are listed as the wife of Dom Jorge Betancur.²⁵⁰ Information on the descendants found in the genealogical manuscript by Coelho Borges on fol. 19v.²³ She and Gil Gonçalves de Ávila were apparently brother and sister although the Nobiliário de Famílias de Portugal lists them as father and daughter with the possibility of being brother and sister.²⁵⁰^,²⁵⁶
Children of Georges de Bethencourt and Elvira Gonçalvez de Avilla were as follows:

+ 41 i. João Sanchez Ávila de Bethencourt was born circa 1410 at Ávila, Castile, Spain. He married Maria Vaz de Badilho at Ávila, Castile, Spain.
42 ii. António Alvarez de Avilla²⁵⁸^,²⁵⁸^,²⁵⁸ was born circa 1420 at Castile, Spain.²⁵⁸

26. Inês de Bethencourt (I) (Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)²⁵⁹^,³³^,⁹^,²³⁵^,³³^,⁹^,²³⁵ was also known as Inês de Braquemont after her grandmother.²⁶⁰ She was perhaps illegitimate.³³ She was also known as Agnès de Bettencourt.²³⁵ She was also known as Inês de Bettencourt.⁹ She was born circa 1390 at Grainville-la-Teinturière, France.³³ She married Guillien de Las Casas (I), son of Alfonso de Las Casas (I), at France. There is a question as to which de las Casas brother Inês was married to. Some sources (Guía histórica del Museo Militar Regional de Canarias por Juan Tous Meliá) give Inês' husband as Juan de las Casas, who was Guillien's brother. On the other hand, Guillien is presented by some genealogists as the husband of Leonor González de Guzmán.²⁶¹^,⁹

Guillien de Las Casas (I) (suffix added for clarification)²⁶¹^,²⁴⁸ was also known as Guillen de Las Casas.⁹ He was born circa 1390 at Seville, Spain.⁷² He was Lord of the unoccupied Canary Islands. He had inherited the right to conquer Gran Canaria and Gomeira from his father. Either in agreement with his brothers or by their deaths and through inheritance, he gained the right to conquer all four islands as yet unoccupied.²⁶² He was "alcaide" or Commander of the militia of Seville.²⁶³ On 25 Mar 1430 he purchased from the Conde de Niebla the lordship of the occupied islands, Fuerteventura and Ferro, leaving only Lanzarote.²⁶⁴
Children of Inês de Bethencourt (I) and Guillien de Las Casas (I) both born at Spain were as follows:

+ 43 i. Inês de Las Casas (II) was born circa 1410. She married Fernán Peraza (I), son of Gonzalo Perez Martel.
44 ii. Alfonso de Las Casas (II) (suffix added for clarification)²⁶⁵^,²⁶⁶^,²⁶⁶ was born after 1420.²⁶⁷

27. Jean de Bethencourt (V) (Regnault, Jean, Jean, Jean, Regnault, Philippe, Jean) (suffix added for clarification)³²^,⁵⁵^,⁷³^,⁵⁵^,⁷⁴^,⁹^,⁷³^,⁵⁵^,⁷⁵^,⁹ was also known as Johan de Béthencourt.⁷⁶ He was also known as João de Bettencourt (V).⁷⁷^,⁷⁰ He was born in 1432 at Caux, France.³²^,⁷⁸ He was a squire.⁷⁶ He was owner of the manuscript of Le Canarien now in the Bibliothèque municipale of Rouen, ms. mm 129.⁷⁶
Jean de Bethencourt (V) was Lord of Béthencourt, Sigy-en-Bray, France.⁷⁶^,⁵⁵ He married Jeanne de Bethencourt (III), daughter of Collard de Bethencourt and Tiphaïne Hurpé, circa 1469 at France.⁶⁹^,⁷⁰^,⁷¹ Jeanne brought to Jean (V) as her dowry the fief of Béthencourt. This re-established to a certain point Jean's financial situation.³³ He married Jeanne de Noyon, daughter of Crespin de Noyon, in 1475 at France.⁷²^,¹¹^,⁵⁵^,⁷⁹^,⁹ He and Jeanne de Noyon had eight children, although the Nobiliário da Ilha da Madeira says they had six children, four sons and two daughters.⁸⁰^,⁸¹^,⁷⁹ In 1501 Jean de Bethencourt (V) received the visit of his cousin André de Bethencourt, grandson of Maciot. André and his siblings had lost touch with their relatives in Normandy. André wished to reestablish relations with the family there. Jean (V) received him cordially and gave him a summary of the Chronicle of the Canary Islands as well as information about his ancestors and a biography of Jean (IV) - with which André proposed to defend his supposed rights to the island legacy of the Conqueror.⁸²^,⁸³ He died on 21 Mar 1506.⁷²

Jeanne de Bethencourt (III) (suffix added for clarification)³²^,⁶⁵^,⁹^,⁶⁵^,⁹ was also known as Joana de Bettencourt.⁹ She was born after 1435 at Caux, France.³² Collard passed the fief of Béthencourt to his daughter Jeanne.³³ Jeanne de Bethencourt (III) was Lady of the fief of Béthencourt, Sigy-en-Bray, France.³²^,⁹ She had no children.⁷² She died in 1472 three years after marrying.⁷²
There were no children of Jean de Bethencourt (V) and Jeanne de Bethencourt (III).

Jeanne de Noyon⁷²^,⁷²^,⁷⁹ was also known as Joana de Noyon.⁵⁵^,⁷⁹^,⁹ She was born circa 1450 at France.⁷²
Children of Jean de Bethencourt (V) and Jeanne de Noyon were as follows:

+ 45 i. Louis de Bethencourt (I) was born on 22 Apr 1476 or 22 Jun 1476 at Caux, France. He married Françoise Baignard, daughter of Guillaume Baignard, in 1494. He died on 13 Dec 1538 at age 62.
+ 46 ii. Jacques de Bethencourt (I) was born on 4 Oct 1477 at Mauquenchy, France. He married Barbe Chappellier, daughter of Guillaume Chappellier, at Rouen, France. He died in 1527.
47 iii. Catherine de Bethencourt²⁶⁸^,²⁶⁸^,²⁶⁸ was born on 1 Apr 1480 at Caux, France.²⁶⁹ She married Denis de Gaucourt circa 1500.²⁶⁹^,⁷⁹

Denis de Gaucourt²⁶⁹ was also known as Denis Passart.²⁶⁹^,⁷⁹ He was born circa 1475 at France.²⁶⁹
48 iv. Jeanne de Bethencourt²⁶⁸^,²⁶⁸^,²⁶⁸ was born on 2 Sep 1482 at Caux, France.²⁶⁹ She married the Lord of Belleville circa 1500.²⁶⁹^,⁷⁹
+ 49 v. Jean de Bethencourt (VI) was born on 12 Sep 1485 at Caux, France.
50 vi. Antoine de Bethencourt (I) (suffix added for clarification)²⁶⁸^,²⁶⁸^,⁷⁹^,²⁶⁸^,⁷⁹ was also known as Antonio de Bettencourt.⁷⁹ He was born on 2 Jul 1488 at Caux, France.²⁶⁹ He was a clergyman.²⁶⁹^,¹¹^,¹³²
51 vii. Jacqueline de Bethencourt²⁷⁰^,²⁶⁸^,²⁶⁸ was born on 17 Nov 1491 at Caux, France.²⁶⁹ She died in 1493 at two years of age.²⁶⁹
52 viii. Louise de Bethencourt²⁷⁰^,²⁶⁸^,²⁶⁸ was born on 1 Jan 1494 at Caux, France.²⁶⁹

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