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Language of the text: Español
Nobility: Marqués - Señores - Caballeros
Nobles in:España - Italia - Portugal (Galicia)
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
The origin of this noble and lustrous lineage is of Galician origin, descendant of the knight Men Rodríguez de Fonseca, Lord of Quintana de Fonseca, who took part in the conquest of Toledo in 1085, later going to Portugal, his descendants went back to Spain . One of these branches belonged to Don Juan Álvarez de Fonseca, a nobleman from the town of Frechilla in Palencia who, from his marriage to Doña Teresa Infante, of the same neighborhood, had Don Juan Álvarez de Fonseca, who was Corregidor of Loja, in Granada. , twice Captain General, Governor and Major Justice of Tenerife and La Palma, during the years from 1573 to 1577 and from 1579 to 1582. He carried out his job with extraordinary patriotism and intelligence, worrying about the defense of the islands under his command, in those who built the castles of San Cristóbal and San Felipe in Tenerife ...
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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.
BlazonFonseca
1. Coat of arms of family: Fonseca
Language of the text: Español
En campo de oro, cinco estrellas de gules, puestas en sotuer.
Fuente bibliográfica: "Heraldica de los apellidos canarios", Tomo primero Lino Chaparro D'Acosta Estudios tecnicos del blason.
Fuente bibliográfica: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica - letras D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-LL Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro".
En oro, cinco estrellas de gules, puestas en aspa.
Fuente bibliográfica: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica - letras D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-LL Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro".
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