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Language of the text: Español
Nobility: Marqués - Señores - Caballeros
Nobles in:España - Italia - Portugal (Galicia)
The country or region of the dossier mainly refers to the places where the family was ascribed to the nobility and may be different from those of residence
El orígen de este noble y lustre linaje es de origen gallego, descendiente del caballero Men Rodríguez de Fonseca, Señor de Quintana de Fonseca, que tomó parte en la conquista de Toledo en 1085, pasando después a Portugal, descendientes suyos pasaron de nuevo a España. A una de estas ramas perteneció Don Juan Álvarez de Fonseca, noble vecino de la villa de Frechilla en Palencia que de su matrimonio con Doña Teresa Infante, de igual vecindad, tuvo a don Juan Álvarez de Fonseca, que fue Corregidor de Loja, en Granada, dos veces Capitán General, Gobernador y Justicia Mayor de Tenerife y La Palma, durante los años de 1573 a 1577 y de 1579 a 1582. Desempeñó su empleo con extraordinario patriotismo e inteligencia, preocupándose de la defenza de las islas de su mando, en las que levantó los castillos de San Cristóbal y de San Felipe en Tenerife ...
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.
BlazonFonseca
1. Coat of arms of family: Fonseca
Language of the text: Español
En campo de oro, cinco estrellas de gules, puestas en sotuer.
Fuente bibliográfica: "Heraldica de los apellidos canarios", Tomo primero Lino Chaparro D'Acosta Estudios tecnicos del blason.
Fuente bibliográfica: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica - letras D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-LL Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro".
En oro, cinco estrellas de gules, puestas en aspa.
Fuente bibliográfica: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica - letras D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-LL Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro".
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