The 'Rodrigues de Araújo' family

A noble family from Braga, Portugal, whose recent ancestors lived mainly in the regions of Entre-Douro-e-Minho and Galicia. According to the nobility annals,[1] the Rodrigues de Araújo lineage descends from the reigning monarchies of the first and second millennia AD: the Artsruni, Amorian (Phrygian), Bagratuni, Balti, Burgundian, Capetian, Carolingian, Jiménez and Íñiguez, Merovingian, and Ottonian Dynasties.

The head of the family is Carlos Faria de Araújo, Fidalgo de Cota de Armas[2]  ( a hereditary title of Portuguese nobility), born  in 1933.

He married Dona Maria Elisa Ferreira Rodrigues de Araújo, on 17th August 1958.[3] They had seven daughters:

            Maria da Conceição Rodrigues de Araújo

            Angela Maria Rodrigues de Araújo  

            Maria Helena Rodrigues de Araújo

            Elisa Maria Rodrigues de Araújo 

            Manuela Prazeres Rodrigues de Araújo

            Maria João Rodrigues de Araújo MBE, ComIH 

           Alexandra Maria Rodrigues de Araújo

Maria da Conceição Rodrigues de Araújo Maia (Lic [Licenciatura] Mathematics UMinho), married José de Barros Maia (Lic Biology and Geology UMinho). Their descendants are:

João de Araújo Barros Maia (MBA Lisbon, M [Master] Sc Information Systems and Technology UTLisboa, Lic Engeneering UTLisboa), married to Madalena Sepúlveda (Lic Pharmacy Sciences ULisboa)

Ana de Araújo Barros Maia (MSc and Lic in Mathematics and Computing UTLisboa), married to Mário Maia Matos (PhD Medicine UPLisboa, MMedicine ULisboa, BASc UPLisboa)

Clara de Araújo Barros Maia (MArch and Lic Architecture UTLisboa), married to Tiago Krug (PhD Medicine ULisboa, MSc and Lic Biological Engineering UTLisboa)

Maria de Araújo Barros Maia (MMed and Lic in Medicine ULisboa Spec Internal Medicine ULisboa), married to Samuel Franky Maia Verhegge (MSc and BSc Communication KU Leuven)     

Paulo de Araújo Barros Maia (M Information Technology, ULisboa) married to Ana Sofia Miguel Fresco Maia (M Pharmacy Sciences, UCoimbra)

 António de Araújo Barros Maia (M and Lic  Sports Sciences  UBI) married to Patricia Paredes (Lic Marketing, UPadua)

Angela Maria Rodrigues de Araújo Ferreira (Lic Biology and Geology UMinho), married Óscar Martins Ferreira (Lic Medicine ULisboa, Spec. Radiology UViseu). Their descendants are:

Jose Miguel de Araújo Ferreira (M Engineering UPorto, Lic Eng UBI)

Joao Pedro de Araújo Ferreira

Maria Helena Rodrigues de Araújo Duarte (Lic Engineering UMinho), married Joaquim Duarte (Lic Medicine UPorto, Spec. Psychiatry UPorto). There descendants are:

 Núno de Araujo Duarte (MMed and Lic Medicine UBI), married to Margarida Ferro dos Santos Duarte (MMed  and Lic Medicine UBI)

Miguel de Araújo Duarte (PhD Electrochemistry UAntwerp, M Eng and Lic Engineering UPorto)

Elisa Maria Rodrigues de Araújo (PhD Law UNAV, Lic Law UCP Porto, Lic Canon Law UNAV), married Antonio Gómez Gómez-Plana (PhD Economy UPNA, Lic Economy and Business Sciences UPVasco). Their descendants are: 

 Maria Elisa Gómez Rodrigues de Araújo 

Maria Rosario Gómez Rodrigues de Araújo

Francisco Xavier Gómez Rodrigues de Araújo

José Ignacio Gómez Rodrigues de Araújo

       Carlos Maria Gómez Rodrigues de Araújo

Manuela Prazeres Rodrigues de Araújo Marques (Lic Physics and Chemistry UMInho), married Jorge Filipe Marques (Lic Education UCP, B Communication Design UPorto). Their descendant is:

Mónica de Araújo Marques (M Curatorial Studies UNAV, M and Lic Communication Design ULisboa)

Maria João Rodrigues de Araújo MBE, ComIH (DPhil Music Oxon, Lic Music Sciences UNLisboa, BMus Hons London). Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire awarded by HM King Charles III and Commander of the Order of Prince Henry awarded by HE The President of Portugal. Dame of the Sovereign Order of Malta and Dame of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Alexandra Maria Rodrigues de Araújo (PhD Law UNAV, Lic Law UCP Porto, Lic Canon Law UNAV)

Notes

1. BRANCO, José Barbosa Canae de Figueiredo Castello, Árvores de Costados de Familias Ilustres de Portugal, Carvalho de Basto (2 ed.) Braga, 1990

GAIO, Manuel José da Costa Felgueiras, Nobiliário de Famílias de Portugal, 12 volumes, ed. Fac-similada da 1ª ed. de 1938, Braga: Carvalhos de Basto, 1990.

MACLAGAN, Michael e Louda, Jiri, Lines of Succession: Heraldy of the Royal Families of Europe, Orbis, London, 1981.

PAYO, Luiz de Mello Vaz de, A Herança Genética de D. Afonso Henriques, Univ Moderan, Porto, 2002.

SOUSA, Antonio Caetano, História Genealógica da Casa Real Portuguesa, Atlândida – Livraria Editora Lda, Coimbra 1946.

2. Book n. 1 of the Registry of Coat of Arms, n. 70 page 22, Institute of the Nobility of Portugal.

3. Conservatória do Registo Civil de Braga, Registo de nascimentos, Freguesia de Maximinos, 1933, fl.371, nº741. - Documento I, averbamento nº 1.