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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Nobres
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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Família nobre, das mais antigas, que parece ser de origem castelhana e o seu solar a vila de Ferreira, no Reino de Castela, hoje chamada Herrera de Rupisverga, na entrada da terra de Campos. A pessoa mais antiga deste apelido mencionada pelos genealogistas é D. Álvaro Rodrigues Ferreira, rico-homem de Leão, que vivia por 1170, senhor de Meilas, hoje Mancilhe de la Serra, em Castela-a-Velha, o qaul se diz ter sido meirinho de Leão. Parece que, de sua mulher, teve D. Rodirigo Álvares Ferreira, que foi senhor do solar da vila de Ferreira e chefe da família dos Herreras, e D. Fernando Álvares Ferreira, que viveu em Portugal no Paço de Ferreira, situado na freguesia de S. João de Eiris, concelho de Aguiar de Sousa, e serviu o Rei D. Sancho I, de quem foi rico-homem, e dele recebeu em mercê muitos herdamentos no referido concelho. Do seu matrimónio nasceram filhos, dos quais provêm os Ferreiras, de Portugal. Timbre: um avestruz de sua cor, com uma ferradura de ouro no bico. ...
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.
BlazonFerreira
1. Coat of arms of family: Ferreira
Language of the text: Portugûes
De vermelho, com quatro faixas e ouro.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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