Youngest of six children of Luís de La Féria de Assis e Orta, whose mother's both grandfathers were Spanish, great-grandson of a brother of the first Viscount of Orta Nobleman of New Coat of Arms of de Orta (timber) with crown of Viscount, Lord of the Manor and Homestead of a Abóboda and annexed ones and of the Homesteads of os Outeiros and Tagarrosa, of the House of os Palhas and of the House of o Rocio, in Aldeia Nova de São Bento, and wife Maria Janeiro Valente, Lady of the Homesteads of o Alto da Ferradura, Barreira Branca, Monte do Velho and Jarrões.