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Last name
Moreira

Nobility: Nobres
Nobles in:
Portugal (Galicia)
Language of the text: Portugûes

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Moreira

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Família antiga, sendo o primeiro que se conhece do apelido Pedro Pires Moreira, fidalgo, que viveu no tempo de S. Sancho I e D. Afonso II, o qual tinha por Honra a Torre e freguesia de Santa Maria de Moreira no concelho de Celorico de Basto, de onde foi tomado do apelido. Dele foi filho Rui Pires Moreira, Senhor da dita Torre e Honra, que casou com D.Brites Fernandes de Ataíde, filha de Fernão de Ataíde, Alcaide-Mor de Cintra. De entre os filhos que teve, o mais velho, Gonçalo Rodrigues Moreira, sucedeu com Senhor da dita Torre e foi Conselheiro do Rei D.Dinis.Dele nasceram várias filhas e um filho, Fernão Moreira, cuja filha D.Margarida Moreira, casada com João Portocarreiro, Senhor de Vila Real, foi progenitora dos Marqueses de VIla Real. das filhas, uma delas, D.Maria Gonçalves Moreira, casou com Afonso Furtado, sendo pais de Gaspar Alvares Moreira, cuja descendência se fixou no lugar de S.Miguel de Gandara, concelho de Aguiar de Sousa, Penafiel, originando o lugar de Moreira de onde são também oriundos muitos deste apelido. Timbre: Um lobo de vermelho, sainte com um escudete das armas sobre o peito.

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De vermelho com nove escudetes de prata, 3, 3 e 3, cada escudete carregado de uma cruz florenciada de verde.

Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".

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Brasão Moreira do Portugal.

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