Caamano Family Crest

Posted on 19. Jan, 2009 by El Heraldo in Family, Family Crests, coat of Arms, origin, surname

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I am back for another exiting week. As you all may know, tomorrow we will be able to watch history in the making. I, personally, am excited about tomorrow. How about you? Tonight we have the Caamano family crest. I hope you like it. Enjoy!

Last name of Galician origin, according to the legend, this last5 name descends from the princes of Troya. One of their ancestral houses was the village of Noya, in the Coruña. Don García Rodrigo de Caamaño, gentleman of Rubianes and Villagarcía, funded the mayorazgo of the House of Rubianes in February 4, 1535. don Mauro de Mendoza Sotomayor y Caamaño was member of this family. He was created Viscount of Barrantes in December 13, 1654 and marquis of Villagarcía in March 7, 1655. In March 8 of 1761 he was granted the first class of Greatness of Spain to the House of Villagarcía as long it was united to the dominion of Rubianes.

Don Jacobo Caamaño y Gayoso, native of Santiago de Compostela, joined the Ordrn of Montesa in 1791. In the same year, don Juan Miguel Caamaño Magellan, native of Vigo, joined the Order of Carlos’ III . don Vicente Caamaño Gayoso (1726); don Ramón Caamaño (1747), native of Santiago of Compostela, and don José Caamaño (1775) also native of Santiago of Compostela joined the Order of San Juan from Jerusalem. Don Antonio Caamaño and Gayoso, native of Santiago of Compostela, proved his nobility, in 1752 in order to join the Real Company of Marine Guards.

The title, Marquis’s of Real House was granted to don Francisco García de Huidobro in 1760. This title was granted once again in 1915 by doña Teresa Pastoriza Caamaño y Márquez de la Plata, lady of the Real Maestranza of Zaragoza.

Its Arms: In sinople field, a rampante silver lion.