Italiano  English  Portugûes  Deutsch
Many lineages of this denomination proved their nobility in the Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara, Montesa, (corporations born to fight against the Moors, cooperating with the Reconquest, and ensuring order, protecting pilgrims and the helpless), Carlos III and Saint John of Jerusalem (it is a military religious order founded in the 11th century); numerous times in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid and Granada, in the Royal Company of Marine Guards and in the Royal Audience of Oviedo. The Doval bring by weapon: Barracks. first and fourth, in gules, an armed silver arm, moving from the sinister flank, wielding a sword, and second, and third, in azure, a stick, of gold. The study of the family heraldic shield "speaks" to us of those who formed the origin of the D. family, since that was its function, that of manifesting its differential elements to others, since the inclusion of the arm element is the characteristic of the family towards life, in this case charity, probably the family origin is that of commerce or commercialism. The enamels of the D. weapon proclaim the following values: the Gules is the symbol of strength, power, fervent love for God and neighbor, such is the meaning of this enamel, to which we should add the desire of dominance, courage, audacity, strength and magnanimity, a high percentage of this type of family shield was given by acts of war.