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In Zaldu and Gordejuela (Vizcaya). They joined with the Sarachaga de Bilbao. They are his weapons: Gules, with a curz, silver foil loaded with a smooth, saber-shaped Greek cross at its center, and accompanied by four paneles of gules, outlined in gold. By references of historians of the time and others found by Araldis in the city and other private registry files, we could affirm, but not assure, that this shield or another very similar to it, initially appeared from the 11th to the 14th century, particularly in the court of King Theobaldo de Champagne, son of Blanca de Navarra and nephew of Sancho el Fuerte, forming part of the personal service and private guard from 1234 to 1240. All this seems to coincide with the family memory of some of the members of the branch of the Lecubarri family. The study of the family heraldic shield "speaks" to us of those who formed the origin of the L. family, because that was their function, that of manifesting their differential elements to others. The enamels of the L. weapon proclaim the following values: the Gules is the symbol of strength, power, and fervent love for God and neighbor, such is the meaning of this enamel, to which we should add the desire of dominance, courage, audacity, strength and magnanimity, a high percentage of this type of family shield was given by acts of war.