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Sancho de Tovar e Silva

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Sancho de Tovar e Silva (1540 - August 13, 1598) was a Portuguese nobleman and military notable for having been among the few companions of king Sebastian I to have survived the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir.

Sancho de Tovar e Silva was the son of Pedro de Tovar (1509-1567), Vedor de Fazenda (Minister of Finances) of Portuguese India, and his wife Brites de Oliveira e Silva, daughter of the lords of Oliveira. He held the post of copeiro-mór (master of ceremonies) at the royal court in Lisbon and became lord of the Honour of Molelos by marriage with Maria da Veiga e Nápoles, a wealthy heiress descended from a cadet branch of the royal house of Anjou.