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Many lineages of this denomination proved their nobility in the Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara, Montesa, (corporations born to fight against the Moors, cooperating with the Reconquest, and ensuring order, protecting pilgrims and the helpless), Carlos III and Saint John of Jerusalem (it is a military religious order founded in the 11th century); numerous times in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid and Granada, in the Royal Company of Marine Guards and in the Royal Audience of Oviedo. The Vegas bring by weapon: In gules, an eagle, of gold, from one to the other. The study of the family heraldic shield "speaks" to us of those who formed the origin of the V. family, since that was its function, that of manifesting its differential elements to others, since the inclusion of the eagle element, which is the most noble of the figures used in heraldry, is the symbol of the king of heaven, emperor of the birds, guardian of lightning and its meaning is that of earthly strength and power by the Grace of God. The enamels of the V. 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.