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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Nobres
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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One of the oldest Portuguese lineages, coming from D. Soeiro Guedes and his wife D. Aldonça Guterres da Silva, by his son D. Nuno Soares, who was called the Elder due to his grandson of the same name. D. Nuno Soares was a companion of D. Gonçalo Mendes da Maia and married D. Elvira Soares, daughter of D. Touriz Sarna, who founded the monastery of Vairão. He was the father of D. Soeiro Nunes Velho, rich man of King D. Afonso Henriques, patron of the Monastery of Várza, to whose fourth grandson, Gonçalo Velho, gave el-Rei D. Fernando several lands in Ponte de Lima, where, in parish of Vitorino das Donas, is the Solar of this Family. From there they spread across the Kingdom and Islands, with Gonçalo Velho Cabral becoming Captain of the Islands of S. Miguel and Stª Maria, in the Azores, where he left vast and illustrious descendants. The oldest weapons of the Velhos are those indicated here, but to Diogo Velho, Fidalgo of the House of Kings D. Afonso V and D. João II, given that he would descend from the kings of France, granted King D. Manuel I, on 21.6.1505, Letter of Coat of Arms with these weapons on the 1st and 4th of a shield that in the 2nd and 3rd quarters had a green field sown with gold fleur-de-lis flowers. The branch of the Velhos of the Island of Stª Maria, reduced the scallops of the shield to three, using them two on one in a red shield, while those of Viana do Castelo used in blue field, 5 gold crosses, maçanetadas, and chief of the same metal, loaded with a golden lion from the line of the partition. ...
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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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BlazonVelho
1. Coat of arms of family: Velho
Language of the text: Portugûes
De vermelho, com cinco vieiras de ouro, postas em sautor.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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