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.
Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Nobres - Condes - Marqueses
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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
Variations Last name: da Silva
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
Família das mais consideradas da Península a qual provém dos Reis de Leão, dos quais descendia D. Guterre Pais, governador da terra da Maia, pai de D. Pelaio Guterre, governador de Alva, e avô de D. Guterre Alderete, Rico Homem e Senhor da Torre de Silva, situada na Aldeia do Alderete, freguesia de Cerdal, termo de Valença do Minho. Acompanhou o Conde D. Henrique e esteve na tomada de Coimbra pelo rei de Castela D. Fernando I. Daquela torre tomou o apelido de Silva, que transmitiu à sua geração. Casou-se com D. Maior Peres de Ambia e teve D. Paio Guterres da Silva, Rico-homem, Adiantado-mor de Portugal, governador de muitas terras pelo rei D. Afonso VI de Leão, Alcaide do Castelo de Santa Eulália, Senhor de Alderete, da Torre da Silva e do porto da Figueira. Fundou os mosteiros de Cucujães, Tibães, São Simão da Janqueira, São Salvador do Souto e Santo Estêvão de Vilele. Dele procedem os Sylvas, ou Silvas, que se dividiram em ilustres ramos como os Silva Pessanha, os Sylva Tello, Condes de Aveiras e Marqueses de vagos, os Telles da Silva, condes de Tarouca, Marqueses de Alegrete e Penalva, e muitas outras Casa titulares não só portuguesas como espanholas destas se destacando os Silva e Godoy, Prícipes de La Paz. ...
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.
BlazonSilva
Variations Last name: da Silva
1. Coat of arms of family: Silva
Language of the text: Français
De gueules, à six besants d'or, rangés en deux pals, et ch. chacun de trois fasces de sable. Devise: SECUNDIS DUBIISQUE RECTUS.
Blason de la famille Silva Comtes de Benduffe en Portugal; source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome I A-K".
It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.
Legal notices
The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
