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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Spain
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Ancienne famille espagnole, anciennement appelée Abendanho, puis Bendanha et enfin Mendanha, de noblesse claire et ancestrale, répartie au cours des siècles dans diverses régions européennes. La première information historique certaine, relative à la famille Mendanha, se trouve en Biscaye. Là, en effet, en 1430, João de Mendanha s'épanouit, époux de D. Brites de Fonseca, de feu Pedro Ulhoa da Fonseca, qui était le père de Pedro de Mendanha et de Francisco de Mendanha, qui s'installa ensuite au Portugal. Cependant, certains auteurs affirment que la famille Mendanha du Portugal ne descend pas du susmentionné João de M. mais de Luís de Mendanha, un gentilhomme asturien très autoritaire, vivant à Paredes, à l'époque de D. Jean II de Castille, et que il était marié à D. Isabel de Valenzuela, sœur de D. João de Valenzuela, prieur de l'Ordre de Malte en Castille, dont il avait prédit Pedro de M.. Mais, d'autre part, ...
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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.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
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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