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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 escort of the King of Castile, D. Fernando el Santo, who met his mother in 1245 in a place called Pozuelo where Ciudad Real was later founded. The references of this family seem to be needed more frequently from the 15th to the 19th century, especially the events of the hosts of the thirds of Naples, commanded by D. Fernando de Toledo, Duke of Alba, who harassed the Duke of Guise that they were defeats without presenting a battle and forced to withdraw again to France with disgrace and shame. All this seems to coincide with the family memory of some of the members of the Balduino family branch. They are his weapons: In azure, a cross, cut out of gold, highlighted by a rampant lion, of silver. The study of the family heraldic shield "speaks" to us of those who formed the origin of family B., since that was its function, that of manifesting its differential elements to others, since the inclusion of the cross element is the first figure used in heraldry and its meaning is the relationship of its members with the faith and the expansion of Christianity. The enamels of the B. weapon proclaim the following values: Azure corresponds to the symbol of water, of the continuity of life, it is a color of nobility, beauty, chastity and fidelity, in addition other virtues characterized the family, such as economic abundance, perseverance, luck, fame and the desire for victory.