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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Nobres
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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Nickname of old use and of patronymic origin, derived from the proper name Gomes, very used in remote times, but that later fell in disuse. Thus several families were formed not only in Portugal but also in Spain, from where a Gomez family moved to Portugal, as mentioned in a Letter of Coat of Arms of 20-III-1621, the oldest known to mention the weapons of Gomes . Accepting their content, they came from Spain with Martim Gomes Bravo, a Galician nobleman, married to Cecília Cardoso, a nursemaid of Infanta D. Joana, sister of King D. João II, their grandson Miguel Gomes Bravo, born in Aveiro, squire- nobleman of the House of D. João III, great-grandfather of D. Maria G. Bravo, born in Esgueira, married to Diogo Dias Coimbra, then born, Moço da Câmara do same Príncipe, third grandfather of João Gomes Coimbra, born in Esgueira, married with D. Maria Jorge de Almeida, from Lisbon, parents of Diogo Dias Coimbra Pimentel de Amaral, who was given the aforementioned coat of arms letter. The latter was the entire brother of D. Apolinário de Almeida, patriarch of Ethiopia and Bishop of Niceria, and D. Gregório dos Anjos, first bishop of Maranhão and Grão-Pará. The later Kings of Arms later granted them to other Gomes, not only in Portugal but also in Brazil, as happened in 1871 to Caetano Gomes da Costa, Knight of the Order of Christ, of Goa; in 1786 to Manuel Gomes dos Santos, from Pernambuco; in 1805, Custódio de Pinho da Silva Gomes, by Macinhata de Seissa; António Gomes da Silva Belfort, from Maranhão that year; António Gomes Brandão, Visconde de Carregoso, in 1869; António Gomes dos Santos, from Porto, in 1855, and many others. ...
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BlazonGomes
1. Coat of arms of family: Gomes
Language of the text: Portugûes
De azul, com um pelicano de ouro, ferido de vermelho no ninho.
Brasão da família Gomes, fonte bibliográfica "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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