Vasconcelos
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Coat of Arms of Vasconcelos family.
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| Country | Portugal |
| Estates | Mateus Palace |
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| Founded | 12th century |
| Ethnicity | Portuguese |
Vasconcelos (also Vasconcellos) is a surname of Portuguese origin. It is classified as a toponym, that is, of geographical origin. It derives from a place in the Braga District.
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History
The Vasconcelos' descended from Pedro Martins da Torre, son of Martim Moniz. His manor was called Torre de Vasconcelos, in the village of Amares (Entre Douro e Minho). The first family member so called was D. João Pires de Vasconcelos, who was in the conquest of Seville, with King Ferdinand III in 1248.
One of the most illustrious lineages in Portugal, descending from the kings of Leon through D. Fruela, who held the kingdoms of Leon and Asturias and was married to D. Nunila Ximenes, his cousin island of D. Sancho Garcês, King of Navarre, and his wife D. Toda of Aragon, from whom was born the infant D. Ordonho the Blind, so called because his cousin King D. Ramiro II had his eyes removed, in order to succeed him in the kingdom, who married the infanta D. Cristina daughter of the King of Leon D. Bermudo II. His son was Count D. Ordonho Ordonhes, Count of Cabreira and Lord of Lemos and Sarria, married to D. Grácia, daughter of D. Garcia Fernandes, Count of Maranhão and Aza and of the House of Zara and his wife niece of the Holy Count D. Osório. This marriage was born Count D. Garcia Ordonhes, Lord of Aza, who received with Infanta D. Urraca daughter of the King of Navarre, D. Garcia Sanches and his wife, D Estevaninha de Barcelona who had D. Osorio Garcia Count of Cabreira and Ribeira, who married D. Sancha Moniz daughter of D. Moninho Fernandes, Lord of the city of Toro, son of King Fernando the Great, of Leon and Castile, called the peer of the Emperor. This D. Osorio Garcia who was meirinho-mor of Galicia, by the years 822, came to settle Portugal reigning D. Ramiro de Leon and won the battle of Clavijo.
In Northeast Brazil, more precisely in the region of Alagoas and Pernambuco, a family introduced the marks of the tower of Vasconcelos in their coat of arms and included the swords of the Templars, in honor of these brave Christian warriors, whose order was extinguished in 1213 with the death of Jacques de Molay in Paris.
People coming from the Vasconcelos region who settled in other places ended up being recognized as "de Vasconcelos". With time, the "de" ceased to exist and only the surname remained to be disseminated among the descendants.
People
- Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837–1880), Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa, India, in the 19th century
- Ana Vasconcelos (born 1981), Brazilian water polo player
- António de Gouveia Osório Metelo de Vasconcelos (1831–1891), Portuguese nobleman
- António-Pedro Vasconcelos (born 1939), Portuguese film director
- Arnaldo Vasconcelos (1937–2017), Brazilian jurist, lawyer and philosopher
- Augusto de Vasconcelos (1867–1951), Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat
- Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta (1890–1982), Brazilian cardinal
- Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos (1851–1925), Portuguese philologist
- Doroteo Vasconcelos (1803–1883), President of El Salvador in the 19th century
- Fernanda Vasconcellos (born 1984), a Brazilian movie, theater and television actress
- Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos (1919–1996), Brazilian chess master
- Francisco Botello de Moraes y Vasconcelos (1670–1747), Portuguese humanist, poet and writer in the Spanish language
- Gabriel Monteiro Vasconcelos (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
- Gabriel Vasconcelos Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
- Héctor Vasconcelos, Mexican diplomat
- John Vasconcellos (born 1932), American politician
- José Leite de Vasconcelos Cardoso Pereira de Melo (1858–1941), Portuguese linguist, philologist and ethnographer
- José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos, Angolan politician
- José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920–1984), Brazilian writer
- José Vasconcelos (1882–1959), Mexican writer, philosopher and politician
- Josefina de Vasconcellos (1904–2005), English sculptor
- Júlia Vasconcelos (born 1992), Brazilian taekwondo competitor
- Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3rd Count of Castelo Melhor (1636–1720), Portuguese politician and prime minister
- Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke, known as Mary Astor (1906–1987), American actress
- Luis Mendez de Vasconcellos (c. 1542–1623), Portuguese Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- Marcelo Vasconcelos, Brazilian diplomat
- Marco Vasconcelos (born 1971), Portuguese badminton player
- Maria de Vasconcelos (born 1970), Portuguese psychiatrist, singer and songwriter
- Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923–2006), Portuguese surrealist poet
- Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (born 1945), Brazilian politician and psychologist
- Martha Vasconcellos (born c.1948), Brazilian model and Miss Universe 1968
- Miguel de Vasconcelos (c. 1590–1640), Prime Minister of Portugal in the 17th century
- Naná Vasconcelos (1944–2016), Brazilian percussionist
- Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos, 12th-century Portuguese nobleman, son of Martim Moniz and the first to use the name Vasconcelos
- Pedro Vasconcellos (born 1974), Brazilian television actor
- Wanda Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, known as Lio (born 1962), Belgian singer and actress
- Jose Manuel Ferreira Vasconcelos, (born 1967), Portuguese member of staff at BBC
Other
- Alfredo Vasconcelos, city in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Diogo de Vasconcelos, city in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Countess de Vasconcellos, fictional characters of the video game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
- Eduardo Vasconcelos Stadium, stadium in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Ferraz de Vasconcelos, suburban municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
- Estádio Dr. João Cláudio Vasconcelos Machado, multi-use stadium in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- José Vasconcelos Library, in Mexico City, Mexico
- Senador Vasconcelos, neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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