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Nobility: Lords - Knights
Nobles in:Spain - New Spain
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Antica e nobile famiglia spagnola, di chiara e ancestrale virtù, che nei secoli si è diffusa in tutto il mondo, con rami principali nelle Americhe. Un'antica leggenda narra che la famiglia discende da un fratello della regina Lupa. Questo giovane cieco è stato condotto davanti ad alcuni prigionieri che, secondo un giovane veggente, emanavano una luce speciale e misteriosa. I prigionieri si trovavano lungo le sponde del fiume Neira (Lugo). Il bambino riacquistò miracolosamente la vista e vide comparire davanti ai suoi occhi una croce. Da questo evento nacque l'unione delle parole "ribeira" (= argine del fiume) e "Neira", che, secondo la leggenda, avrebbero dato origine alla casata e allo stemma. Tralasciando la leggenda, il cognome deriva in realtà dalla provincia di Lugo, in Galizia. Successivamente la famiglia andò a stabilirsi vicino a Valladolid. Hernando e Gaspar de Riva de Neyra, o Rivadeneira, entrambi nati a Medina de Rioseco, si ...
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BlazonRivadeneira
1. Coat of arms of family: Rivadeneira
Language of the text: English
Or, a cross flory, gules, charged with five shells, argent; in base, three fesses wavy, azure.
Blason of family Rivadeneira; source: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica - letras M-N-Ñ-O-P-Q-R" Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro.
Alias of family Rivadeneira; source: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica - letras M-N-Ñ-O-P-Q-R" Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro.
Vert, the cross or, and three fishes argent, one in each fesse.
Alias of family Rivadeneira; source: "Repertorio de blasones de la comunidad hispánica - letras M-N-Ñ-O-P-Q-R" Vicente De Cadenas y Vicent Instituto Salazar y Castro. Notice: the cross is flory and the fesses are in base azure.
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