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]] The Andrade (sometimes ''Andrada'') family was a powerful family in north-western Iberia during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance where they had numerous castles, palaces, manor houses and extensive lands. The Galician City of El Ferrol and the town of Puente De Eume in particular, have very close connections with the Andrade family, to the point, that Puente de Eume is also known as the ''The Town of Andrade''. Most of the Galician properties, palaces and castles of the Andrade family, these days belong to the House Of Alba . SURNAME ORIGIN of the Andrade family]] Originally, the name ''Andrade'' could have come from any of numerous places of the same name in Galicia or northern Portugal and several Andrade are known from documents dating back to the 12th Century . Most likely, however, it originated in the small fief of ''San Martiño de Andrade'' ( St. Martin of Andrade) in Puente de Eume, El Ferrol and Villalba, in Galicia. These localities were given in the 14th Century to Fernán Pérez De Andrade , descendant of Bermudo Peres De Traba (with origins in the house of the Counts Of Traba And Trastámara ), by the king Henry II Of Castile (of the House of Trastámara), due to his services against his brother the King Pedro Of Castile . Fernán Pérez de Andrade was made Count of Andrade and Puente de Eume, and Lord of El Ferrol, Serantes and Vilar. Later the family would obtain the title of Counts of Villalba under the Catholic Monarchs . This family soon spread to Portugal. This happened several times and with several different branches of the Andrade. The most important branche to go to Portugal was that of the ''Freire de Andrade'' in the person of Rui Freire De Andrade (14th century) and his two sons, Nuno Rodrigues Freire De Andrade , later 6th Grand-Master of the Order Of Christ , and Vasco Freire . of the Andrade (do Arco) family, from Madeira ]] From this branch of the ''Freire de Andrade'' came João Fernandes De Andrade who, having served the Portuguese Kings Afonso V and John II in the conquest of the Morocco n strongholds of Tangier and Asilah , was granted a new Coat Of Arms and possesions in the Portuguese Island of Madeira , namely in Arco Da Calheta ( Bow of the Calheta ). João Fernandes de Andrade, known also as João Fernandes de ''Andrade do Arco'', married Beatriz de Abreu (descendant of the first King of Portugal, Afonso I ) and had prolific issue, descendents of whom were present in the colonization of Brazil . PEOPLE WITH THE SURNAME ANDRADE The surname Andrade is now commonly found not only in Portugal and Spain , but also in countries of South America and Portuguese Speaking Africa . In 1920 , there were hundreds of Andrade families living in the United States , with the largest concentrations in California , Texas , Massachusetts , and Rhode Island . For others with the surname Andrade see Andrade (disambiguation) . SEE ALSO
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