heredad
Heredad is a Spanish term for a hereditary estate or patrimony, typically related to a noble or landed family. The word denotes property and the rights attached to it that pass from one generation to the next by descent. Linguistically, heredad derives from the verb heredar, to inherit, itself from Latin hereditarī.
In historical contexts, a heredad often referred to a family’s landholding and associated assets that were
In medieval and early modern Iberian societies—especially in the Crown of Castile, Aragon, and related realms—the
Today, heredad is most often encountered in discussions of genealogy, history, and literature, rather than as
See also: patrimony, estate, entail, primogeniture, hereditary property, noble estate.