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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Cavaleiros - Senhores
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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Noble and ancient family that genealogists make come from a 12th century Portuguese nobleman named Rodrigo Annes, born in Santarém, who became famous in France at the service of King Philippe Augusto II who sent him to defend the city of Bourges from heretics. There it was so heroically that it was called O Cavaleiro de Bourges, a name that in Portugal, to which he later returned to Torre de Moncorvo, was brought to de Borges. The border of fleur-de-lis on his arms would be an allusion to those of the country where he practiced such deeds. His son João Rodrigues Borges, was Lord of the Honors of Calvos and Ourilhe, and married D. Catarina Lopes, Lady of Vila de Álvaro. Of them were great-great-great João Gonçalves Borges, Alcaide-Mor de Santarém, and Senhor de Alva and other villages that D. Afonso V confirmed to him in 1489; Diogo Gonçalves Borges, ...
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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: Portugûes
De vermelho, com um leão de ouro, armado e lampassado de azul; bordadura cosida de azul, semeada de flores-de-lis de ouro. Timbre: o leão do escudo.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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