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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Senhores - Condes
Nobles in:Portugal
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Apelido de grande antiguidade e nobreza, cujo uso se conhece desde os primórdios da nacionalidade em que Gonçalo da Costa, Rico-Homem de D.Afonso Henriques, vivia em 1154 na sua Torre da Costa, em Manselos, para muitos autores considerada o Solar desta família e que até finais do século passado pertenceu a seus descendentes os Guedes de Carvalho da Costa, Condes da Costa. Outros investigadores apontam como berço deste apelido a Quinta da Costa, em Guimarães. Ocuparam sempre os Costa os mais importantes cargos do reino, desde Martim Mem da Costa, Alcaide-Mor de Évora no reinado de D.Afonso III, a D.Jorge da Costa, o célebre Cardeal de Alpedrinha, grande Valido del Rei D.Afonso V, ou a D.Alvaro da Costa, Vedor da Raínha D.Leonor, Camareiro-Mor e Armeiro-Mor del Rei D.Manuel I, e seu Embaixador ao Imperador da Alemanha, de quem provieram vários Vice-reis da India e descendem os Costa de Sousa de ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonCosta
1. Coat of arms of family: Costa
Language of the text: Portugûes
De vermelho, com seis costas de prata, postas 2, 2, e, 2, firmadas nos flancos.
Brasão da família Costa, fonte bibliográfica "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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