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Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Italy (Sicily)
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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
Antiga e nobre família espanhola, de clara e ancestral virtude, que se difundiu mundialmente, ao longo dos séculos. A clara nobreza desta Casa é também confirmada pela sua presença na valiosa obra "Il Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane, estinte e fiorenti" do escritor e heráldico italiano Giovan Battista di Crollalanza (19 de Maio de 1819 – 8 de Março 1892), publicado em Pisa em três volumes entre 1886 e 1890. Segundo o que se sabe, a família tomou o nome da vila de Contreras, na província de Burgos, onde o conde de Castilla Fernán González ergueu uma fortaleza que vendeu a Fernan Saso que, a partir desse momento, mudou de sobrenome. Com a conquista de Segóvia, Fernán se mudou para lá, começando pela prosperidade de Contreras. Com o tempo, a família se espalhou por Ávila, Jaén, Córdoba, Burgos, Madri e outros lugares da Espanha. Sucessor de Fernar ...
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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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