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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Italy (Sicily)
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
Variations Last name: Contrera,Incontrera,Incontreras
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
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Contreras
Variations Last name: Contrera,Incontrera,Incontreras
Alte und adelige spanische Familie mit klarer und angestammter Tugend, die sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte weltweit verbreitet hat. Der klare Adel dieses Hauses wird auch durch seine Präsenz in dem wertvollen Werk „Il Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane, estinte e fiorenti“ des italienischen Schriftstellers und Heraldikers Giovan Battista di Crollalanza (19. Mai 1819 – 8. März) bestätigt 1892), in Pisa in drei Bänden zwischen 1886 und 1890 erschienen. Den Überlieferungen zufolge erhielt die Familie ihren Namen von der Villa Contreras in der Provinz Burgos, wo der Graf von Kastilien Fernan González eine Festung errichtete, die verkauft wurde an Fernan Saso, der von diesem Moment an seinen Nachnamen änderte. Mit der Eroberung von Segovia zog Fernan dorthin, beginnend mit dem Wohlstand von Contreras. Im Laufe der Zeit breitete sich die Familie in Avila, Jaen, Cordoba, Burgos, Madrid und anderswo in Spanien aus. Nachfolger von Fernar war Sancho ...
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BlazonContreras
Variations Last name: Contrera,Incontrera,Incontreras
1. Coat of arms of family: Contreras
Language of the text: English
Gules, a tower or with port and windows overt gules.
Contreras, Incontreras, Contrera o Incontrera from Sicily.
Source: "Blasone In Sicilia ossia Raccolta Araldica" V. Palizzolo Gravina, Palermo 1871-75, page 155, table XXI-I; "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti" volumeI, compiled by Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, editedby "la direzione del giornale araldico", Pisa 1888.
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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