he was the son of Gonçalo Correia, master of the ancient House of Farelães, and his wife Branca Rodrigues Botelho.
[1][2] Pedro Correia da Cunha arrived in Graciosa around 1475, after being nominated to the position of Donatary-Captain of the northern part of the island.
At the time Graciosa was divided into two captaincies: the southern part of the island (with its seat in Vila da Praia) was under the governorship of Vasco Gil Sodré; the northern captaincy, seated in Santa Cruz, was offered to Pedro Correia da Cunha.
He died in Lisbon in 1497, and was buried in the Chapel of St. John, erected in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo (of whom he was patron).
Izeu Perestrelo was cousin to Ana de Mendonça (the mistress of King John II).