Ka cika wannan magana: Ya yi aiki mai muhimmanci a lokacin sarautar Sarki Afonso na Biyar na Portugal, sa'ad da aka naɗa shi Shugaban Mulkin. Ya shiga cikin tafiye-tafiyen sarki a kan Castile (
Yaƙin Nasara na Castilian) da kuma a cikin tafiyar sarki zuwa Faransa. Bayan ya dawo Portugal, ya auri "Dona" Filipa de Melo (c. 1460<unk>1516), 'yar mai arziki da magaji na Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, 1st Count na Olivença. Suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu da' ya'ya mata hudu: