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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Senhores - Marqueses - Duques
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
Família muito ilustre, que descende do infante D. Manuel, filho terceiro do santo Rei D. Fernando III de Castela e da sua primeira mulher, a Rainha D. Brites, filha de Filipe, Imperador da Alemanha, e de sua mulher a Imperatriz Irene, que era filha de Inácio Ângelo, Imperador de Constantinopla. O Infante D. Manuel casou-se com D. Constança ou D. Brites, filha de Amadeu III, Conde de Sabóia, de quem teve D. João Manuel e D. Violante Manuel, mulher do Infante D. Afonso, filho de D. Afonso III, Rei de Portugal. O patronímico tomado pelo filho do Infante perdurou, transformado, potanto, em apelido. Este D. João Manuel foi, em Castela, grande senhor e se recebeu com D. Contança, filha do Rei de Aragão, D. Jaime II. Teve em Castela os senhorios de Agreda, Escalona, Robas, Santa Eulália e Penafiel e o título de Marquês de Vilhena, de cujo marquesado seus ...
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BlazonVilhena
1. Coat of arms of family: Vilhena
Language of the text: Portugûes
Esquartelado: o primeiro e o quarto de vermelho, com uma asa aberta de ouro, terminada por uma mão de carnação, empunhando uma espada de prata, guarnecido de ouro; e segundo e o tercerio, de prata, com um leão de púrpura, armado e lampassado de azul.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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