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  2. Knight (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Knight; Origin; Meaning "knight"/"serving lad" Region of origin: Anglo-Saxon: Knight is an English surname. Geographical distribution. The name is found in many ...

  3. Sánchez - Wikipedia

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    "The illustrious Sanchez Family... is descended from one of a number of Gothic knights (caballeros) who in the year 714 escaped from the ‘barbara furia’ of the Mohammedan invasion and took up their residence in the hills of Leon, Galicia, Asturia, Burgos, and the Pyrenees.

  4. Gibbons (surname) - Wikipedia

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    They were knights descended from the Irish baron John FitzThomas , ancestor of The Earls of Desmond and grandson of the Norman baron Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Llanstephan. [5] The second branch of the FitzGerald family came to be known as " FitzGibbon " and were given the title of the White Knight , holding territory in southeast Limerick ...

  5. FitzGerald dynasty - Wikipedia

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    He is also a Knight of Malta, and President of the Irish Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Knight of Glin (Black Knight) – dormant (from 2011), after the death of Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin , the ancestral seat for over 700 years is Glin Castle .

  6. Knecht - Wikipedia

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    Etymologically, it is the cognate of English "knight". It may also refer to: People. Bill Knecht (1930–1996), American rower; Dalton Knecht (born 2001), American basketball player; Émile Knecht (1923–2019), Swiss rower; Guillaume Knecht, rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s; Hans Knecht (1913–1996), Swiss road racing cyclist

  7. Andrade - Wikipedia

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    Andrade (/ɐ̃ˈdɾa.d͡ʒi/ (Brazil), [ɐ̃ˈdɾa.ðɨ] (Portugal), or [ãn̪ˈd̪ɾa.ð̞e] (Spanish)) is a surname of Galician origin, which emerged in the 12th century as the family name of the knights and lords [1] [2] of the small parish of San Martiño de Andrade (St. Martin of Andrade), in the municipality of Pontedeume.

  8. Prendergast (surname) - Wikipedia

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    In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a Hiberno-Norman name and is usually derived from a 12th-century Cambro-Norman knight, Maurice de Prendergast, who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, Richard "Strongbow" de Clare.

  9. Ritter - Wikipedia

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    Ritter (German for "knight") is a designation used as a title of nobility in German-speaking areas. Traditionally it denotes the second-lowest rank within the nobility , standing above " Edler " and below " Freiherr " ( Baron ).

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