Last name: Arca
Dossier:
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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Senhores - Cavaleiros
Nobles in:Portugal - Espanha (Valencia - Cataluña - Baleares - Léon)
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Arca
Incerta é a origem desta família, pois não se sabe se proveio e Espanha, porque em tempo de Rei D. Fernando, o Santo, de Castela, foi alcaide-mor da cidade de Baeça D. Vicente de A., pelo ano de 1234, ou se principiou em Portugal no território denominado Vale de A., no termo da vila de Montemor-o-Novo, como diz Manso de Lima nas suas Famílias de Portugal. A pessoa mais antida desta família de que os genalogiastas tiveram conhecimento é Fernão Gonçalves, que viveu no reinado de D. Pedro I de Portugal, o qual lhe contou a herdade de Sousel, em Évora. Por morte do Rei D. Fernando tomou o partido do Mestre de Avis, e era tão estimado pelos moradores de Évora, que, nas cortes de Coimbra, o elegeram por capitão e pediram ao soberano o tomasse por seu conselheiro, do que se deduz que, além de valor e inteligência, ...
Blazon Arca
1. Coat of arms of family Arca
Language of the text: Portugûes
Esquartelado: o primeiro e o quatro de ouro, faixa de vermelho; o segundo e o terceiro com cinco pontos de vermelho, equipolados a quatro de ouro. Timbre: um perdigueiro sentado, de negro.
Brasão da famìlia Arca em Portugal, fonte bibliográfica "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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