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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Spain
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Ancient Spanish lineage, formerly called Abendanho, then Bendanha and finally Mendanha, of clear and ancestral nobility, which has spread over the centuries in various European regions. The first certain historical information, relating to the Mendanha family, occurs in Biscay. There, in fact, in 1430, João de Mendanha flourished, husband of D. Brites de Fonseca, of the late Pedro Ulhoa da Fonseca, who was the father of Pedro de Mendanha and Francisco de Mendanha, who moved to reside in Portugal. However, some authors claim that the Mendanha family of Portugal does not descend from the aforementioned João de M. but from Luís de Mendanha, a very authoritative Asturian gentleman, living in Paredes, at the time of D. Giovanni II of Castile, and that he was married to D. Isabel de Valenzuela, sister of D. João de Valenzuela, prior of the Order of Malta in Castile, from whom he had Pedro de ...
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BlazonMendanha
1. Coat of arms of family: Mendanha
Language of the text: Italiano
D'azurro alla cotta di maglie d'argento, sanguinante e trafitta da tre frecce di rosso piumate d'oro, poste due a destra e una a sinistra.
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