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The origin of this illustrious surname, by references from historians of the time and others found out by Araldis in the registry files of cities and other private ones, we could affirm, but not assure, that this shield or another very similar to it, initially appeared from the 11th to 14th century, particularly in the Battle of Alarcos where Alfonso VIII, King of Castile, was defeated in 1195 and where the King himself accompanied by his hosts, among whom members of this family were part, heroically resisted although they were later excommunicated by Pope Celestine III. The references of this family seem to be needed more frequently from the 15th to the 19th century, especially the events of the escort who accompanied the future King D. Felipe, son of Carlos I (V of Germany), from La Coruña to Southampton on 20 July 1554 for the celebration of his wedding with the unappreciated Doña Maria Tudor, called the bloodthirsty, Queen of England and daughter of Henry VIII. All this seems to coincide with the family memory of some of the members of the Pumariega family branch. They are his weapons: In saber, a silver lion, armed and gules lampasado, which holds between his claws a full flight of eagle, gold, placed vertically. The study of the family heraldic shield "tells us" about those who formed the origin of the P. family, since that was their function, that of manifesting their differential elements to others, since the inclusion of the lion element, which is the most noble of the figures together with the eagle, means that the family origin is very old or from the Kingdom of León or England, we could generally think that the holders of such a symbol were related in some way to royalty. The enamels of the