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Language of the text: Español
Nobility: Señores - Familia Noble
Nobles in:España (Andalucía)
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The lineage of this surname is of Andalusian origin. It comes from Antequera, Malaga province. A branch passed to the Indies. Don Gaspar de R. Alzola y Vergara, proved his nobility in the Order of Calatrava. Other Knights of this lineage repeatedly proved their nobility in the orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara, Montesa, Carlos III and San Juan de Jerusalem, in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid and Granada and in the Royal Company of Marine Guards. In the Canary Islands, the family of this surname comes from Diego de R., who lived in Gáldar in 1526. He was the father of Cristóbal Sánchez de R., who, with his wife Luisa Benítez, had: Juan Benítez de R., who He married Doña Inés de Quintana, daughter of Captain Gonzalo de Quintana and Soria de Doña Catalina de Cabrera y Zurita. He had two children, being the successor: Don Juan Benítez de R. y Quintana, who married in Gáldar, on November 18, 1620, with Doña Isabel de Guzmán Jáimez de Sotomayor Cabrejas y Zambrana; Don Antonio de R. Sotomayor de Guzmán, Ensign of Militias from the island of Gran Canaria and Mayor of the town of Gáldar follow the line, where he married on September 18, 1650, with Doña Isabel de Valderrama. The descendants of his son, Captain Don José de Rojas y Guzmán, who was also Mayor of Gáldar, continue. Don Francisco de R. y Guevara was created Conde de Mora in 1602; Don Jerónimo de R. y R., Marqués de la Peña de los Enamorados in 1679; Don Pedro de R. y Contreras, Marqués de Villanueva de Duero in 1740. The family heraldic study tells us about those who formed the Rojas lineage, because that was their function to manifest their differential elements to others. The Rojas coat of arms is made up of: a golden field that symbolizes the sun, the origin of life, its spiritual characteristics, corresponding to faith, mercy, temperance, charity and justice. The stars symbolize the constancy of service to the sovereign in the jobs of minister or counselor who, like small stars that receive their light ...
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1. Coat of arms of family: Rojas
Language of the text: Español
En campo de oro, cinco estrellas de azur de ocho rayos, puestas en sotuer.
Citado en "Heraldica de los apellidos canarios - Tomo segundo Lino Chaparro D'Acosta Estudios tecnicos del blason".
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