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Last name
Costa

Nobility: Senhores - Condes
Nobles in:
Portugal
Language of the text: English

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Costa

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A nickname of great antiquity and nobility, the use of which has been known since the beginnings of nationality in which Gonçalo da Costa, Rico-Homem de D. Afonso Henriques, lived in 1154 in his Torre da Costa, in Manselos, for many authors considered the Manor of this family and that until the end of the last century Guedes de Carvalho da Costa, Condes da Costa, belonged to his descendants. Other researchers point to the birthplace of this nickname at Quinta da Costa, in Guimarães. The Costa have always occupied the most important positions in the kingdom, from Martim Mem da Costa, Alcaide-Mor de Évora in the reign of D. Afonso III, to D. Jorge da Costa, the celebrated Cardinal of Alpedrinha, great Valido del Rei D. Afonso V, or D. Alvaro da Costa, Vedor da Rainha D. Leonor, Camareiro-Mor and Armeiro-Mor del Rei D. Manuel I, and his Ambassador to

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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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