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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Nobres
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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Genealogists say that this family comes from Garcia Lopes de C. who, with his brother Rui Lopes and C., shared the village of his name with the Moors, in the year 1160, but they do not connect these generations with those who most later they used the same nickname. The oldest that is mentioned in the generation of this family is Lourenço, Pires de Chaves, perhaps a contemporary of D. Afonso III or his son. To Álvaro Lopes de C., knight of the Order of Sant'Iago, secretary to King D. Afonso V, for his many and esteemed servants, made by sea and land, in peace and war, for those he rendered in Africa in the making of places and, especially, by the ones he did in the Kingdoms of Castile, showing, in the business he was in charge of, great fidelity, loyalty, love and diligence, with many jobs, expenses he had always had, granted him this sovereign addition and difference of their weapons, by letter of 4-IV-1476. ...
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BlazonChaves
1. Coat of arms of family: Chaves
Language of the text: Portugûes
De vermelho, com cinco chaves de azul, postas em sautor, seus palhetões montantes; chefe de vermelho, carregado de um castelo de ouro com pontas e frestas de azul, partido de prata, carregado de um leão de púrpura, armado e lampassado de azul e coroado de ouro.
Timbre: o leão do escudo, com uma chave de azul na garra direita.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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