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Language of the text: Portugûes
Nobility: Senhores - Marqueses - Duques
Nobles in:Portugal (Portugal)
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Very illustrious family, descended from the infant D. Manuel, third son of the holy King Fernando III of Castile and his first wife, Queen D. Brites, daughter of Philip, Emperor of Germany, and his wife the Empress Irene , who was the daughter of Inácio Ângelo, Emperor of Constantinople. Infante D. Manuel married D. Constança or D. Brites, daughter of Amadeu III, Count of Sabóia, of whom he had D. João Manuel and D. Violante Manuel, wife of Infante D. Afonso, son of D. Afonso III, King of Portugal. The patronymic taken by the son of the Infant lasted, transformed, therefore, into a nickname. This D. João Manuel was, in Castile, great lord and was welcomed with D. Contança, daughter of the King of Aragon, D. Jaime II. He had in Castile the landlords of Agreda, Escalona, Robas, Santa Eulália and Penafiel and the title of Marquis of Vilhena, whose ...
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BlazonVilhena
1. Coat of arms of family: Vilhena
Language of the text: Portugûes
Esquartelado: o primeiro e o quarto de vermelho, com uma asa aberta de ouro, terminada por uma mão de carnação, empunhando uma espada de prata, guarnecido de ouro; e segundo e o tercerio, de prata, com um leão de púrpura, armado e lampassado de azul.
Citado em "Armorial Lusitano - Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal".
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