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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Nobres
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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Very old family that genealogists derive from the old medieval lineage of "do Vinhal" that Count D. Pedro, in his famous Nobiliário, begins in D.egas Gomes, born in Toledo, to whom Count D. Henrique, father of D .Afonso Henriques, had given the land of Vinhal. he was descended from a knight from the reign of D. Dinis, João Gonçalves de Macedo, so called because he was Lord of several lands in Vilar de Maçada or, according to others, in Macedo de Cavaleiros, who, from his wife D. Urraca Esteves, had, firstborn, Gonçalo Annes de Macedo. This one, was father of fernão Esteves de Macedo - whose grandson, João de macedo, Fidalgo da Casa Real, received from D. Manuel I, in 15.15.1518, Letter of Coat of Arms with the weapons indicated here - and from Martim Gonçalves de Macedo, notable knight who saved the life of Mestre de Aviz, during the ...
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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.
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BlazonMacedo
1. Coat of arms of family: Macedo
Language of the text: Portugûes
De azul, com cinco estrelas de ouro de seis raios.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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