Gardoqui Family Crest

Posted on January 7, 2010 by El Heraldo

Gardoqui. Basque name, of Bilbao (Vizcaya). Don Diego Maria and Don Juan Ignacio Gardoqui, and Don Cesareo Gardoqui Orueta native all of  Bilbao, entered on the Order of Carlos III, en1791 the first, and in 1816 the last. Don Jose Ramon Gardoqui and Jarabeitia, a native of Bilbao, proved his nobility in 1775, to join the Royal Company of Midshipmen. Their weapons: In a silver field, two wolves sable, white lambs fed in two separate and put in pale.

Nobiliario Español de don Julio de Atienza
Pag. 398.
Madrid,1959.


Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Armenta Family Crest

Posted on December 26, 2009 by El Heraldo
Armenta. A late fourteenth century the family moved to Andalusia to militate against the Moors. His surname is Armenta or Armentia. Established in Cordoba from the town of that name, located in Vizcaya, Gonzalo de Armenta with his son Alfonso Armenta, and their descendants have been linked with all the nobility of Cordoba. His coat is a golden lion on green field.
Nobiliario de los Reinos y Señoríos de España
By D. Francisco Piferrer
VolumeIV, page 61, Num. 1613
Madrid, 1857.

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Horta Family Crest

Posted on December 23, 2009 by El Heraldo
Horta. Bernardo Horta, a native of the town of his name, he deserved that Don Jaime I of Aragon rewarded his loyalty and distinguished services giving Serra sites and Ria and a palace beside the mosque of Valencia. He brought in arms: Coat of azure, and four bands of  silver.
Nobiliario de los Reinos y Señoríos de España
ByD. Francisco Piferrer
Volume II, page 211, Num. 1009
Madrid, 1857.

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Molinar Family Crest

Posted on December 21, 2009 by El Heraldo

Molinar. Basque name of San Miguel de Zaya, judicial district of Balmaseda (Vizcaya). Their arms: Azure, a silver tower, cleared of sable, and with seven lilies, a chief and three on each side ; bordure vert, outlined in silver, gold with eight saltires.

Nobiliario Español
Don Julio de Atienza
Page 543
Madrid,1959.


Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iturbide Family Crest

Posted on December 18, 2009 by El Heraldo

iturbide

Iturbide. Last navarro, proved his nobility in the Order of Santiago in 1635. One branch went to Mexico because she belonged Emperor Agustin de Iturbide y Aramburu, whose arms were quartered shield: 1o. Azure, three bands of silver, 2o., in gules, a silver pale and empinantes him, two lions at natural 3o., in gules, two wolves of gold and errant posts stick, and 4., in azure, two strips of silver.

Nobiliario Español
Don Julio de Atienza
Page 454
Madrid,1959.

paypal-butt_eng

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Henestrosa Family Crest

Posted on December 18, 2009 by El Heraldo

henes

Henestrosa. Surname derived from de Haro, Lord of Biscay. From the town of Henestrosa, judicial district of Briviesca (Burgos), from where he went to Andalusia. Repeatedly proved his nobility in the orders of Santiago, Calatrava and Alcantara. Don Juan Tomas Fernandez and Henestrosa and Aguilar, Knight of the Order of Calatrava, was created Marquess of Peñaflor on December 3, 1664. Their arms: In field of gold, two wolves interns, sable, placed on stick; bordure azure with eight gold stars.

Nobiliario Español
Don Julio de Atienza
Page 432
Madrid,1959.

paypal-butt_eng

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rosillo Family Crest

Posted on December 17, 2009 by El Heraldo

rosillo

The writer Mateo Escagedo Salmon argues that the ancient and noble lineage Rosillo had its original solar in the Mountains of Santander, where emanated many branches which spread this name in Cantabria and other Spanish regions.  Other authors, like Julio de Atienza, who is considered of Castilian origin, of San Clemente (Cuenca).

He proved his nobility in the Order of Santiago in 1714. Don Miguel Rosillo and Ortiz de Cañabate was created Count of Rosillo in 1920. Its arms: In field of gold, water-lily leaf, surrounded by six gule roses ; gule bordure , with eight gold saltires.

paypal-butt_eng

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Espino Family Crest

Posted on December 17, 2009 by El Heraldo

espino

Espino. Castilian last name. Don Juan and Don Francisco de Espino Rendon, natives of Jerez de la Frontera, joined the Royal Company of Midshipmen in 1775 and 1776, respectively. Their arms: Shield per pale: 1o. on a red field, a gold star, and 2nd. in gules a lion rampant with a drawn sword in his hand.

Nobiliario Español
Don Julio de Atienza
Page 361

Madrid,1959.

paypal-butt_eng

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Galvan Family Crest

Posted on December 16, 2009 by El Heraldo

galv

Galván. Castilian surname. Manuel Galvan Bujido, a resident of Medina de Rioseco, patent of nobility reached on September 18, 1796. Their arms: In red field, three silver stars, set 2 and 1, in chief, a ranverso crescent, also silver.

Nobiliario Español
Don Julio de Atienza
Pag. 387
Madrid,1959.

paypal-butt_eng

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rubio Family Crest

Posted on December 16, 2009 by El Heraldo

rubio

Rubio. Castilian surname, of Laredo (Santander), spread throughout the peninsula. He proved his nobility in the Order of Santiago in the years 1731, 1751 and 1758, and in Alcantara in 1681, numerous times in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid and the Royal Audiencia de Oviedo 1760, 1774, 1783, 1802 and 1823. Their arms: In a silver field, a tree vert, and in the trunk a shield azure, with five gold panels.

Nobiliario Español
Don Julio de Atienza
Pag. 667
Madrid,1959.

paypal-butt_eng

Posted in coat of Arms, Family Crests | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment