Herrán (or Herranz or Herraiz or Herrainz)
These last
names are variant of a same one and old lineage that the author Francisco
Lozano considers original of France, adding that in the days of the King of
Castile Don Alfonso X the Wise person, fifty named horsemen Herrán arrived from
France, which arranged to help to the mentioned Monarch in the conquest
of Jerez de la Frontera, but none of them executed head orders coming out of them
, reason why they put under the hazard which of the fifty had to be the
captain. For this they used the dices, falling the control to
Martín Herrán that, in opinion of Lozano, took blood of Princes of Beaudemón.
That Martín was indicated so much in that day, that Don Alfonso X the Wise
person did many Mercys to him, among others, to add to its coat of
arms a quarter with the cross of Calatrava between four stars. More ahead we
will describe these arms.
The chronicler Jose Alfonso de Guerra differs from the origin that Lozano attributes to the
lineage that occupies to us, and says, that first in taking the Herraiz last
name they were horsemen who helped to Don Alfonso XI in the battle of the Salado
, and descending of them settled down in Navarre, where they
founded well-known house-palace of ancient noblemen.
Doing without
these origins, that must not have, in any case, another foundation which the one
of the legend, is certain that the Herrán lineage (and its variants of Herranz,
Herraíz and Herrainz) come from the villa of Herrán (whose name took by last
name), of the Valley City council of Tobalina, in the judicial party of
Villarcayo (Burgos), extending soon, by the provinces of Santander, Biscay, Leon,
Soria, Logroño, Madrid and others.
In the Mountain
of Santander they created those of this lineage houses in the villa of Tudanca,
of the judicial party of Cabuérniga; in the place of Lombraña, of the Council of
Poblaciones, in the same judicial party, and the one of Bárcena de Cudón, of the
Council of Miengo, in the judicial party of Torrelavega. From this last house a
line established in America sprang, as we see later.
In the city of
Orduña, in Biscay, it had also noble house de la Herrán, and,
according to Labayru, they came from the Valley of Mena, that is indeed where it
is the place of Herrán, of the mentioned judicial party of Villarcayo. Also
there is in Biscay a called district Herrán, that belongs to the City council of
Carranza, in the judicial party of Valmaseda, and whose name must be related to
the one of the lineage.
Other houses of
Herrán had in the villa of Almazán, of the judicial party of their name, in the
province of Soria, and the villa of Loeches, that belongs to the judicial party
of Alcalá de Henares (Madríd).
Also was a
named family Herraiz in the villa of Canalejas, of the judicial
party of Sahagún, in the province of Leon. Other named Herrainz, and of
well-known nobility also, had house in the villa of Ventrosa de la Sierra
, in La Rioja.
It also passed
the lineage to Andalusia and a line of Herrán was in Almeria.
Of the house of
the place of Bárcena de Cudón, it was
I. Jose
Fernandez de la Herrán, that in its wife Mrs Ana de Latorre, had a
II. Jose
Fernandez de la Herrán and Latorre, who married with Mrs Francisca Ruiz
(daughter of Francisco Ruiz and Mrs Ana de Llar). All these gentlemen came from
Catalonia, although they were original of the villa of Herrán (Burgos), and
happened to settle down in the mentioned place of Bárcena de Cudón. Son of Jose
Fernandez de la Herrán and Latorre and of Mrs Francisca Ruiz, was
III. Pedro
Antonio Fernandez de la Herrán and Ruiz, natural of Bárcena de Cudón, that
happened like soldier to the Department of Antioch, in the today Republic of
Colombia, and served in the Viceroys Honour guard as Captain of
Infantry. It contracted marriage with Mrs Matea Martinez de Zaldúa (daughter of
Manuel Martinez de Zaldúa, natural of Tobaño, in Castile the Old one, and of
Mrs Josefa Plaza and Velasco), being born of that union
IV. Pedro de
Alcántara de la Herrán and Martinez de Zaldúa, born in Bogota the 19 of October
of 1800. He was illustrious patrician and General of Independence and married
with Mrs Amalia Mosquera (daughter of General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera and of
Mrs Mariana Woods). General Herrán passed away in Bogota, April of 1872. He had
exerted the Executive authority from 1841 to 1845, and their glorious life and
facts extensively are narrated in the biography that published the Academy of
the History of Colombia. He had the following children:
1.º Pedro de
la Herrán and Mosquera, married with Mrs Rosa Urreta (daughter of Gregorio
Maria Urreta and Mrs Rosalía Saldarriaga).
2.º Tomás de
la Herrán and Mosquera, husband of Mrs Laura Echeverri (daughter of Jose Maria
Echeverri and Mrs Natalia Villa).
3.º Amalia de
la Herrán and Mosquera, woman of Joaquin Santamaría (son of Alejo
Santamaría and of Mrs Maria Barrientos).
4.º Leoncio de
la Herrán and Mosquera.
5.º Ana de la
Herrán and Mosquera, and
6.º Adelaida de
la Herrán and Mosquera, these three single.
To the house of
the villa of Almazán, belonged
I. Jerónimo
Gómez de la Herrán, natural of Almazán, husband of Mrs Isabel de Ezcaray,
natural of Monteagudo de las Vicarías, in the same judicial party of Almazán, and
both parents of
II. Gaspar de
la Herrán and Ezcaray, natural of Madrid, Councilman of this villa and Secretary
of S. M. He get married with mrs Ana de Criales, of equal nature
(daughter of Juan de Criales, natural of Melgar de Fernamental, in the judicial
party of Castrogeriz and province of Burgos, and mrs Ana Medrano, natural of
Madrid), and had this son
III. Juan
Francisco de la Herrán and Criales, natural of Madrid, of the Council of S. M.,
Mayor of its House and Court, elect Advisor of Orders and the habit of
Santiago, that dressed the 31 May of 1702.
The family
established in the villa of Loeches only named Herrán, and from them came
I. Pedro
Herrán, natural of Loeches, married with Mrs Juana Herrán, her debt, and of
equal nature, parents of
II. Jerónimo
Herrán and Herrán, natural of Loeches, that was united in marriage with Mrs
Susana Alonso González, of the same nature, and procreated
III.
Francisco Jerónimo Herrán and Alonso González, natural of Loeches, which
married Mrs Maria Antonia Abaunza and Zapata, natural of Madrid
(daughter of Pascual Francisco of Abaunza, natural of Granada, and Mrs Ana
Zapata and Mendoza, natural of Guadalajara), being born of that union
IV. Mariano
Herrán and Abaunza, natural of Madrid, and Horseman of the Order of Carlos III,
whom entered the 24 of December of 1783.
Of the family
named Herraiz (original of the villa of Herrán), and established in the villa of
Canalejas, the judicial party of Sahagún, in the province of Leon, they were
I. Gabriel
Herraiz, natural of Canalejas, that married Mrs Polonia de Orozqueta,
natural of the villa of San Lorenzo de la Parrilla, in the judicial party of Cuenca,
and had this son
II. Juan
Herraiz de Orozqueta, natural of Canalejas, that was united in marriage with
Mrs Maria de la Fuente, natural of the Valley place, near the villa of
Bembibre, in the judicial party of Ponferrada, of the same province of Leon
(daughter of Francisco de la Fuente and Mrs Antonia de Villar, both of the
Valle place), and procreated
III. Juan
Herraiz de la Fuente, natural of Canalejas, titular Minister of Santo Oficio
and Caballero of the Order of Santiago, in which entered the 27 of August of
1692.
To the house of
Herrainz, of the villa of Ventrosa de la Sierra, in La Rioja, they
belonged
I. Juan
Fernandez Herrainz Escribano, neighbour of Ventrosa and registered like
hidalgo in the original registers of this villa of 1607 and 1608. In 1621 Team
leader by the state of hidalgo was named. He married Mrs
Juana Gil, being born of this union
II. Juan
Herrainz Gil, natural of Ventrosa, that married Mrs Maria Sainz (daughter
legitimizes of Blasco Sainz, enrolled like hidalgo in 1623, 1650 and 1662,
Public inspector of Alcabalas in 1659 and ordinary Mayor in 1683, and of Mrs
Marina Clemente). His nobility is registered in the repeated villa of
Ventrosa, in which he appears registered like hidalgo in 1695, 1701,
1709, 1719 and 1729. He was his son
III. Gabriel
Herrainz Sainz, baptized in Ventrosa the 9 of March of 1678 and registered like
hidalgo in 1715 and 1719. He was General Syndic Solicitor in 1690 and
Public inspector of Alcabalas in 1700. He married Mrs Maria Sainz Clemente
(legitimate daughter of Juan Sainz Clemente, registered like hidalgo in 1695,
1701, 1709, 1729 and 1737, and of its woman Mrs Maria Gil). They had
IV. Manuel
Herrainz and Sainz Clemente, baptized in Ventrosa the 25 of March of 1711, also
registered like hidalgo in 1744, 1761, 1768, 1769 and 1770. Married Mrs Agustina
Sainz Rubio (legitimate daughter of Manuel Sainz Gil and Mrs Maria Rubio;
paternal granddaughter of Antonio Sainz and Sainz de la Laguna,
registered like hidalgo in 1695 and 1701, and Receiver General Solicitor in
1691, 1695 and 1699, and of his second wife Mrs Francisca Gil, relatives in
third degree, and maternal granddaughter of Simón Rubio, registered like
hidalgo in 1701, 1709 and 1719, and of Mrs Josefa Sánchez~Herrero). The
mentioned spouses had this daughter
V. Agustina
Herrainz and Sainz, baptized in Ventrosa the 14 of June of 1741. She married Diego García Moreno the
18 of June of 1768, Mayor of Santa Hermandad by the
noble State in 1798, legitimate son of Ventura García Moreno and Mrs Maria
Toresano.
The line of
Herrán that dwelled in the city of Almeria and that came from Biscay, became
related with the first Almeria's nobility.
In letters
patent of nobility
sent by Diego de Urbina, Cronicler and King of Arms of Felipe III, the 12 of May
of 1614, is certain that
I. Rodrigo de
Herrán, died defending the villa of Tíjola, from judicial party of Purchena,
in the same province, when the rise of the moriscos. He was his son,
II. Alvaro de
Herrán, Governor of Armuña, that married Mrs Isabel Bernal, both neighbours
of Tíjola, and were parents of
III. Andrés
Herrán and Bernal.
Alonso de
Herrán was one of the conquerors of Fiñana, villa of the judicial party of Gérgal (Almeria),
and Alvaro de Herrán, perpetual Councilman of Baza, and father of Antonio de
Herrán, Captain of the military service of Purchena, and Rodrigo de Herrán,
that was captive in Melilla. Taken in prison to Constantinople, one revolted in
the Turkish galleys. They cut the ears to him, but it could flee to I
swim and to take refuge in Naples.
ARMS
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In the file of
evidences of nobility of the Horseman of Calatrava Juan Manuel González de Cossio,
its said that the family house of Herrán, in the villa of Tudanca, had
east shield: « a castle with a lion at the door and a man armed in front of him
with an arrow shooter in the left hand and three arrows in the right, and a great tree
on a rock, with three flowers of Lis »
The same house
showed this other shield: « On water waves, a castle righ sided of a lion, tied at
the door; in the skilful angle of the head, a flower of Lis, and underneath
this one, two saltires put in situation of fess, that are upon the lion, and in
three left angle saltires, also in fess, and underneath them a tree »
A third shield
was seen in the mentioned house of Tudanca, and was: « Quarterly:
1.st, a castle with trained lion; 2.nd, a flower of Lis; 3.rd, a soldier with arc and
arrow, and 4.th, a tree with two rearing wolves. Bordure with saltires
in flanks and end, and this legend in the chief: Herrán. »
The house of
the place of Lombraña also brought shield quarterly: « 1.st, a tree
with a tied and rearing lion; in the head a star; more to the left, a castle,
and in flank, eight stars put in two woods. This quarter is of Ravage. And
2.nd, in the left flank of the head, three little flags, and in end, two
stars; average party, with the tree and the rearing lion. This is of
Herrán and Vélez. »
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The Herrán
of Biscay, which came from the Valley of Mena, had this other
shield quarterly: 1.st and 4.th, of gold, with three put horseshoes of
azure in triangle, and 2.nd and 3.rd, of gules, with four gold fess, that
some authors call delfs.
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Equal arms used
the named Herraiz, increased, in divided shield, with a second quarter of
gules with a fess of silver accompanied by two bendy boilers of gold and
sable and gringolé of sinople, put one in the top and the other one in the bottom.
General Bordure of gules, with eight saltires of gold.
These arms had
in the crest the following motto: « the Herraiz de Herrán - by his God and its
King they will die and win. » Motto that verifies that the Herraiz came from
the house of Herrán of the villa of Herrán (Burgos) in the judicial
party of Villarcayo.
| Those of mountains of Leon brought slanting or manteld shield: 1.º, of gules, with three water-lily leafs of silver put in triangle; 2.º, of gold, with three flowers of Lis of azure also put in triangle, and 3.º, of silver, with a lion rampant of its colour. |
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The house of
Herrainz, of the villa of Ventrosa de la Sierra, in La Rioja,
showed: In silver field an oak of sinople, and crossed to the trunk, a lion of
its colour.
The Herrán
of Almeria, used shield quarterly: 1.st and 4.th, of gold, with a boiler
of sable, and 2.nd and 3.rd, of gules, with a gold tower.
Bibliography.
-«Universal of Noble Lots», Villanueva, M., volume 1, folio
31.-«Nobiliario General», by Juan Baños de Velasco, M., folio 69.-«Nobleza General
of Spain», Francisco Lozano, M., volume III, folio 11 returned-«Estudios de Heráldica
Vasca», - by Juan Carlos de Guerra, form, third edition, 299 pages and
-«Nobiliario Almeriense», by Joaquin Santisteban and Delgado, form, page 183. -
« Genealogies of the Families of Antioch », by Gabriel Arango Mejía, form,
page 112.-«Historia General del Señorío de Vizcaya», by Estanislao Jaime de Labayru,
printed volume 1, page 785.-Piedras armeras de las casas Santanderinas.-Expedients
of nobility evidences of all the Horsemen of Military Orders who
appear in the course of this information, in the National Historical File.
NOTE: This
information has been extracted of the Heraldic and
Genealogic Dictionary of Spanish and American last names,
by Alberto and Arturo García Carraffa.
Date of last update: 12-1-2006
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