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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Senhores - Família Nobre
Nobles in:Portugal
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
Provém esta antiga família de D. Gonçalo Ouveques, fundador do mosteiro de Cete, pai de Diogo Gonçalves de Urró, que esteve na Batalha de Ourique com D. Afonso Henriques. Este Diogo Gonçalves casou com D. Urraca Mendes de Bragança, irmã de D. Fernão Mendes de Bragança, cunhado daquele Rei, dela tendo vários filhos e, entre eles, João Dias de Freitas, que viveu no reinado de D. Afonso Henriques, o qual tomou este apelido por ser senhor do paço de Freitas, no concelho de Fafe. Foi casado com D. Mor Geraldes, dele sendo neto o célebre Martim de Freitas Alcaide-Mor de Coimbra, que, em nome de D.Sancho II se recusou a entregar o castelo de Coimbra a D.Afonso III. Os descendentes dos anteriores dividiram-se em ilustres ramos que possuíram alguns das principais solares da região de Guimarães, como a Quinta de Agrelos e Honra de Guminhães que em 1402 pertenciam ...
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.
BlazonFreitas
1. Coat of arms of family: Freitas
Language of the text: Portugûes
De vermelho, com cinco estrelas de seis raios de ouro.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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