Andrade (/ɐ̃ˈdɾa.d͡ʒi/ (Brazil), �̃ˈdɾa.ðɨ(Portugal), or �n̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞e(Spanish)) is a surname of Galician origin, which emerged in the 12th century as the family name of the knights and lords of the small parish of ''San Martiño de Andrade'' ( St. Martin of Andrade), in the municipality of Pontedeume. The first mention of this small territory is to be found in the documentation of the monastery of San Xoán de Caaveiro (18 km away), and belong chronologically to the 9th century. It was part of the region of ''Pruzos'', which was created as an administrative and ecclesiastical territory of

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in the sixth century by King

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(reigned 559–570) through a document written in Latin called ''Parrochiale suevum'', ''Parochiale suevorum'' or ''Theodomiri Divisio''. From the 12th century Pruzos, and therefore Andrade, were integrated into the county of Trastámara that belonged to the lineage ''Traba'', the most powerful Galician family. By this same time the family group: ''Fortúnez'', begins to unite their names Andrade as surname, since in this parish their family home was located. The knights of Andrade were faithful vassals of their lords the Counts of Trastámara throughout the middle centuries of the Middle Ages. There is a notable Jewish branch which originated in

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in the 17th century as ''da Costa d'Andrade'', and soon moved into

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. The surname Andrade is found predominantly in Portugal and

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, and in countries of

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and

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, and

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. There is an important concentration of Andrade families residing in the

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and

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The aristocratic family of Andrade

Andrade became a powerful family in north-western

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, during which time they held the titles of Counts of Andrade and Vilalba, amongst others, together with numerous castles, palaces, manor houses and extensive lands. The city of Ferrol and the borough of Pontedeume in particular have always been regarded as the areas with the closest attachment to the Andrades, to the point, that Pontedeume has always been, and still is, known as ''The Borough of Andrade''. The two Galician regions of

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and Terra Chá (i.e. the Province of Mondoñedo which disappeared as a province in the

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though still exists as the Roman Catholic district of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol) are known to have been part of the domains of Fernán Pérez de Andrade in the 14th century. Fernán Pérez de Andrade was made Count of Andrade and Pontedeume, and Lord of Ferrol, Serantes and Vilar. Later the family would obtain the title of Counts of Vilalba under the

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gaining full control over the entire Terra Chá Region in today's Lugo Province. Most of the Galician properties, palaces and castles of the Andrade family these days belong to the House of Alba, and the present Count of Andrade is

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. In the 12th century, Pedro Fortúnez, son of Fortunio Bermúdez de Andrade, founded the branch that at the end of the 13th century would adopt like name of lineage: Freire. By this same time, concretely in the year 1320 the last knights of Andrade are executed by order of the Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela: Berenguel de Landoira (1317–1330). This moment marked the initial starting point that placed his relatives ''Freire'' as the main lineage of the northern area of the current Galician province of A Coruña. From this same branch of the primitive Andrade, the knight

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called: "The Good" (died 1397) will emerge as a direct descendant, who was undoubtedly the true founder of the so-called House de Andrade. Pontedeume, Ferrol and

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were given in the 14th century to Fernán Pérez by the king

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due to his services against his brother the King

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. Some of the main branches that emerged directly from this lineage were: * The branch of the descendants of Nuño Freire de Andrade, brother of Fernán Pérez de Andrade, who left Galicia to settle definitively in the kingdom of Portugal. From this character, all the families that today use the surname Andrade descend from their illegitimate children. * The branch emerged in the thirteenth century from Sancha Oanes, daughter of Juan Freire, which would use as the name of the lineage "Díaz de Andrade", or "Díaz de Santamarta" that would occupy the lands around the town of Santa Marta de Ortigueira in the north of Galicia. * The descendants of Pedro Fernández de Andrade, son of another Fernán Pérez de Andrade, owner of the house of Andrade in the fifteenth century. This branch was established in the city of Betanzos and reached the nobility titles of Counts of Maceda in the year 1654, and Taboada. In the sixteenth century Teresa de Andrade, daughter of Fernando de Andrade and Mariñas, first Count of Andrade, married Fernando Ruiz de Castro and Portugal, fourth Count of Lemos and main noble of the kingdom of Galicia. At this moment the House of Andrade is definitely integrated into the House of Castro, and both in the House of Alba from different marriage links.

The Portuguese branch

This family soon spread to Portugal. This happened several times and with several different branches of the Andrade. The most important branch to go to Portugal was that of the 14th century ''Freire de Andrade'' in the person of Nuno Freire de Andrade (son of Ruy Freire de Andrade, and brother of the founder of the House: Fernán Pérez de Andrade), later 6th Grand-Master of the Order of Christ. 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 Moroccan strongholds of

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and

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, was granted a new

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and possessions in the Portuguese Island of

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, 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 and had prolific issue, descendants of whom were present in the colonization of

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. Jacob Velosinho de Andrade translated Saul Morteira's "Torat Mosheh" into Portuguese under the title "Epitome de la Verdad de la Ley de Moyses."Bibliography: Kayserling, in Hebr. Bibl. 1860, iii. 58, 59;idem, Bibl. Esp.-Port. Jud. pp. 12, 13.D.

People with the surname

* Adolfo Andrade, Colombian footballer * Agustina Andrade, Argentine poet * Alberto Andrade, Peruvian politician * Alex Andrade, American politician * Aloysio de Andrade Faria, Brazilian businessman * Amalia Andrade Arango, Colombian writer * Andrés Andrade (footballer, born 1989), Colombian footballer * Andrés Andrade (footballer, born 1998), Panamanian footballer * Andrés Andrade (tennis), Ecuadorian tennis player * António de Andrade, Portuguese priest, the first European to explore Tibet * Athene Andrade, English artist *

Billy Andrade William Thomas Andrade (born January 25, 1964) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Champions Tour. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he was a four-time winner. Early life Andrade was born in Bris ...

, American golfer *

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade () (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his wi ...

, Brazilian poet * Daniela Andrade, Honduran-Canadian singer and songwriter * David Andrade (anarchist), Australian anarchist * David Andrade (footballer), Mexican footballer *

Demetrius Andrade Demetrius Cesar Andrade ( ; born February 26, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, at light middleweight and middleweight. As an amateur, he won the U.S. national championship ...

, American boxer *

Dino Andrade Dino S. Andrade (born September 16, 1963) is an American voice actor in video games and animated projects. He manages dual careers as both a voice actor and the creator, owner and operator of the geek dating/community website SoulGeek.com. Early ...

, American voice actor * Diogo Andrade, Portuguese former footballer *

Edward Andrade Edward Neville da Costa Andrade FRS ( 27 December 1887 – 6 June 1971) was an English physicist, writer, and poet. He told ''The Literary Digest'' his name was pronounced "as written, i.e., like ''air raid'', with ''and'' substituted for ''a ...

, English physicist * Fabrício Andrade, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Fernão Pires de Andrade Fernão Pires de Andrade (also spelled as Fernão Peres de Andrade; in contemporary sources, Fernam (Fernã) Perez Dandrade) (d. 1552) was a Portuguese merchant, pharmacist, and diplomat who worked under the explorer and colonial administrator A ...

, Portuguese merchant * Francisco Andrade Marín, former President of Ecuador * Glauber de Andrade Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker. * Hernán Andrade, Mexican racewalker * Hope Andrade, American politician * Ignacio Andrade Troconis, former President of Venezuela * Jaime Andrade Jr., Illinois politician * Jéssica Andrade, Brazilian mixed martial artist * João Henrique de Andrade Amaral, Brazilian footballer *

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (May 25, 1932 – September 10, 1988) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement in Brazil. Andrade is best known for his 1969 film ''Macunaíma (film), Macunaíma'', ba ...

, Brazilian filmmaker *

Jorge Andrade Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade (; born 9 April 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. After playing two years with Porto, he went on to represent Deportivo de La Coruña (169 official appear ...

, Portuguese footballer * Jorge Luís Andrade da Silva, Brazilian footballer * José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman * José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer * José María Reina Andrade, former President of Guatemala * Lady Andrade (born 1992), Colombian footballer * Leny Andrade, Brazilian singer * Levine Andrade, Indian-born British musician (violin & viola), and conductor *

Librado Andrade Librado Andrade Ornelas (born September 2, 1978) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2013, and challenged three times for a super middleweight world title between 2007 and 2009. His brother Enrique Ornelas is also a ...

, Mexican boxer * Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (born 1989), Mexican professional wrestler known as

Andrade Andrade (/ɐ̃ˈdɾa.d͡ʒi/ (Brazil), �̃ˈdɾa.ðɨ(Portugal), or �n̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞e(Spanish)) is a surname of Kingdom of Galicia, Galician origin, which emerged in the 12th century as the family name of the knights and lords of the sma ...

Manuel de Jesús Andrade Suárez Dr. Manuel de Jesús Andrade Suárez (17 March 1860 – 1935) was a Colombian writer, journalist and politician. A biography has been composed by Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel. List of works * ''Ecuador. Próceres de la independencia; indice alfabe ...

, Colombian writer, journalist and politician * Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Brazilian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile * Mário de Andrade, Brazilian poet *

Mário Pinto de Andrade Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade (21 August 1928 – 26 August 1990) was an Angolan poet and politician. Biography He was born in Golungo Alto, in Portuguese Angola, and studied philosophy at the University of Lisbon and sociology at the Sorb ...

, Angolan politician and writer * Mariza de Andrade, Brazilian-American statistician * Marta Andrade, Spanish figure skater * Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Brazilian footballer *

Mayra Andrade Mayra Andrade (born 13 February 1985) is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Lisbon, Portugal. Background Andrade was born in Havana, Cuba, to parents from Cape Verde, and she and her family returned to Cape Verde a few days after he ...

, Cape Verdean singer * Michelle Andrade, Ukrainian singer and television presenter * Moisés Matias de Andrade, Brazilian footballer * Olegario Víctor Andrade, Argentine journalist, poet and politician *

Oswald de Andrade José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism ...

, Brazilian poet *

Rebeca Andrade Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade (; born 8 May 1999) is a Brazilian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. Having won a total of six Olympic and nine World medals, she is the most decorated Brazilian and Latin American gymnast of all time, as well ...

, Brazilian artistic gymnast * Richarlison De Andrade or Richarlison (born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Serenella Andrade, Portuguese journalist and television presenter * Susana Andrade (born 1963), Uruguayan procurator, journalist, columnist, and politician * Tchinda Andrade (1979–2024), Cape Verdean LGBT activist and event manager

References

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ANDRADE, VELOSINO JACOB DE - JewishEncyclopedia.com
Jacob Velosinho de Andrade, wrote a defense of Judaism in six volumes against Isaac Jaquelot under the title "Messias Restaurado Contra el Libro de M. Jaquelot, Intitulado: Dissertaciones Sobre el Messias" (The Restored Messiah, Against M. Jaquelot's Book, Entitled: A Dissertation Concerning the Messiah). It has remained in manuscript. *
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short biography concerning the Chief Rabbi of Bordeaux; Rabbi Abraham Andrade, in Bordeaux France
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Book about the Castle of Andrade in Narahío, Ferrolterra
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Pictures of the Tower of Andrade in the centre of town in "Ponte de Eume" Ferrolterra
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* ttp://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Andrade&sourcecode=13304 Ancestry.com Interesting American Web-site for Surname Researches*
Andrade origin in a Portuguese genealogical site
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Andrade origin in a Galician genealogical site
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Tower of the Andrade Counts of Villalba in the Terra Chá Region - Built at the very end of the Middle Ages 14th century
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The aristocratic family of Andrade

The Portuguese branch

People with the surname

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