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.
Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles - Lords
Nobles in:Portugal - England
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: Eliot,Liote
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
The House of Leote, also rendered as Liote, is an ancient lineage of English origin, which established itself in Portugal with the arrival of Gilbert Eliot. This noble family is recorded under the surname Leote in the "Armorial Português" of Santos Ferreira, Guilherme Luiz dos, and as Liote or Leote in the "Armorial Lusitano". Gilbert Eliot, having wed ... Guterres Fernandes, daughter of Fernão Guterres Telo, a Castilian nobleman among the twenty-eight exiled from Portugal pursuant to the Treaty of Santarém between King Ferdinand I and King Henry II, settled in Pernes and, at the age of twenty-eight, entered the service of King John I, accompanying him to Ceuta and distinguishing himself in arms. He later espoused Dona Teresa de Vasconcelos, by whom he fathered Octávio Eliot, progenitor of Fernão Liote. Gilbert Eliot was the fifth great-grandson in the male line of Francisco Liote, a knight of the Order of Christ, nobleman of the Royal Household, general of Alentejo, and captain appointed by King Philip III, who, in recognition of his valor in slaying a lion near Tangier, was granted ...
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.
BlazonLeote
Variations Last name: Eliot,Liote
1. Crest of family: Leote, Liote
Language of the text: English
Vert, an arm in armour argent issuing from the sinister, holding a lion's head or, erased and ensanglanté. Crest: the arm and the lion's head.
Bibliographic sources Leote: "Armorial Português" by Guilherme Luiz dos Santos Ferreira, 1849-1931. Liote or Leote: "Armorial Lusitano" Yearbook of the Nobility of Portugal.
It is possible to do a preliminary research in our archive. About 100,000 heraldic traces, origins of surnames, coat of arms and blazons are available free of charge. Just write the desired last name in the form below and press enter.
Legal notices
The Heraldic Traces are dossiers made by an A.I. useful as a starting point for researchers and passionate heraldists and confirm that there is information to work on and it is possible to order a heraldic document.
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
