Noronha

Arms of the Noronha family, showing their royal origins, both Portuguese and Castilian.

Noronha is a family name common among some aristocratic families in Portugal.

This family has its origins in the marriage of Alfonso, Count of Gijón and Noreña (natural son of King Henry II of Castile) with Isabel of Portugal (natural daughter of King Ferdinand I of Portugal). Their marriage was one of the clauses of the peace treaty, signed in 1373, between the two peninsular kingdoms.

Alfonso was Count of Noreña, an Asturian village he had received from his father, and his children used the Portuguese spelling Noronha as their family name.

People:

• Fernando de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real (son of Alfonso of Gijón-Noreña and Isabel of Portugal), governor of Ceuta
• Afonso de Noronha, viceroy of Portuguese India
• Camila de Noronha, early 17th century Portuguese noblewoman, married to Gonçalo Pires de Carvalho
• Francisco Noronha (1748-1787), botanist
• Frederick Noronha, Indian journalist
• Fernão de Noronha (15th century/16th century), Portuguese explorer
• Osnar Noronha, Peruvian footballer.
• Rodrigo António de Noronha e Meneses, governor of the Kingdom of the Algarve, mid 18th century.
• Alfredo Eduardo Barreto de Freitas Noronha (1918 – 2003), Brazilian football player.

Places:

• Fernando de Noronha, Brazilian island group in the Atlantic Ocean

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