When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
Language of the text: English
Nobility: Lords - Knights
Nobles in: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
Ancient and noble Portuguese family, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has spread, during the centuries, all over the world, especially in Brazil. According to what has been handed down, the founder of the family is a Rodrigo Anes, Portuguese knight of Santarém, who made famous in France serving King Philip Augustus II, who sent him to defend the city of Bourges. His achievement was so heroic that he was called the Knight of Bourges. But when he returned home, settling in Torre de Moncorvo, the name was made more Portuguese, becoming Borges. His son, João Rodrigues Borges was Lord of Honras de Calvos and Ourilhe and married D. Catarina Lopes, Lady of the Village of Álvaro. One of their great-grandson, João Gonçalves Borges, Alcaide-Mor de Santarém and Lord of Alva and other feuds was confirmed noble by D. Alfonso V, in the year 1489. Likewise, Diogo Gonçalves Borges, father ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonBorges
1. Coat of arms of family: Borges
Language of the text: English
Gules, a lion or armed and langued azure; bordure azure semy-de-lis or.
Cited in "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.
Legal notices
The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
