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Last name
Macedo

Nobility: Nobili - Conti - Baroni - Duchi
Nobles in:
Portogallo - Spagna - Italia
Language of the text: English

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Macedo

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Ancient and very noble Portuguese family, originally from Macedo de Cavaleiros, the city from which it took its name, located in the district of Bragança, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread over the centuries in various regions of the world. According to some genealogists, the progenitor of this family should be identified in the gentleman João Gonçalves de Macedo, lord of numerous lands in Macedo de Cavaleiros, who married D. Urraca Esteves. From him, descended: João Macedo, nobleman of the Royal House, who received from Manuel I, on April 15, 1518, the granting of the coat of arms as described by us, and Martim Gonçalves de Macedo, notable knight who saved the life of the Master of Aviz , during the battle of Aljubarrota, killing the Castilian knight D. Alvaro Sandoval. Among the characters who most illustrated this family there is certainly António de Sousa Macedo (Porto, 15 December 1606

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Macedo

D'azzurro, a sei stelle d'oro di se raggi poste in decusse. Cimiero: un braccio vestito d'azzurro, con la mano di carnagione impugnate una mazza d'armi d'argento manicata d'oro.

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