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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Senhores - Cavalleiros
Nobles in:Portugal - Espanha - Brazil
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Variations Last name: Briteiro,Britos
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
The Britos Brito or Briteiro family, whose nickname was B., is very old, between the Ave River and the Portela dos Leitões. Some authors trace the lineage to D. Hero, a great man who lived before Count D. Henrique, and his wife, Countess Adozinda, daughter of Afonso, Romães, parents of D. Gosindo Hoeris. By 1033 of the Christian era, Aires de B. lived, who that year donated all the estates he owned in Oliveira, Carrazedo, Subilhães and the honor of Santa Maria to the prior and clergy of the monastery he founded in the court of Vermoim, in Oliveira, next to the Ave river. One of his daughters was welcomed by D. Soeiro de B., the wealthy man of King D. Afonso VI of León, who restored the monastery of Oliveira, founded by his father-in-law, and confirmed his donations and added others. From these came the lineage of the Britos. Filipe de B. de Nicote (Nicot in France), nobleman of the House of D. Filipe II and knight of the Order of Christ, served in India in the conquest of ...
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BlazonBrito
Variations Last name: Briteiro,Britos
1. Crest of family: Brito, Briteiro, Britos
Language of the text: Portugûes
De vermelho, com nove lisonjas de prata, apontadas e firmadas nos bordos do escudo, postas 3, 3, e 3, cada lisonja carregada de um leão de púrpura. Tin1bre: um leão do escudo.
Brasão da família Brito, Briteiro ou Britos, fontes bibliográficas: "Indice heraldico, e appendice relativo ao Brazil" di Augusto Romano Sanches de Baena e Farinha de Almeida Sanches de Baena (Visconde de). "Armorial Lusitano" Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal. "Armorial Português" Santos Ferreira, Guilherme Luiz dos, 1849-1931.
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