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Ancient and noble Galician lineage, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. The first knight of this family is a noble of the kingdom of León in early XII century, Velasco Petriz, undoubtedly the first of this lineage. Alfonso VII the emperor (1126-1157) and Fernando II (1157-1188), gave him with all the crown land they had in the valley of Quiroga, on which strengthens and perpetuates the namesake lineage. Don Velasco Petriz married Jimena Rodriguez Diaz, of noble lineage from León, around the year 1140. From this union were born: Pedro Velásquez (b. 1142) who inherited from his father the lands of Losada, in El Bierzo, as well as other lands in the region of Cea and of León; Ruy Vázquez (b. 1145); Alvaro Velásquez. About Don Ruy Vázquez de Quiroga, the first of this name, there is not much documentation, although he is named ...
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BlazonQuiroga
1. Coat of arms of family: Quiroga
Language of the text: Italiano
Azure, an eagle or crowned of the same.
Coat of arms of family Quiroga in Biscay. Source: "Armorial Général par J.B.Rietstap - Deuxième èdition refondue et augmentée - Tome II L-Z".
Coat of arms of family in Orence. 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, p. 1452. Notice: the original description is ambiguous ("En gules, cinco estacas de plata, puestas en faja. Campo de sinople"), probably a misprint, the shield may be gules.
Or, a tree vert, and a wolf passant sable langued gules behind the trunk.
Alias of family Quiroga; 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, p. 1452.
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