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Yglesias History

Yglesias History

Frank Yglesias (View posts)
Posted: 19 Aug 1999 11:59AM GMT
Sir Name

Iglesias, Iglesia, Yglesias, De Iglesias, De La Iglesias



Origin

There are not a lot of information on this sir name, which is presumed very old and it's been traced to the times of the Godos.



Distribution


It's considered a progenitor of the lineage of Don Alvar de Iglesias or De La Iglesias, a very fierce and persistence warrior that around the time of 725 A.D. When the invincible Don Pelayo reconquered the City of Leon, they faced an attack of the moors in a church that was called ( San Pedro de Cavatuenta ) and with only one hundred and fifty men, they defended and held on to the avalanche of five thousand moors. They fought with so much intensity that they killed two thousand moors, the moors seeing the ferocity of the one houndred and fifty Spaniards, retreated and never came back to the the city of Leon in Northern Africa. In memory of such event it made the Iglesias name powerful which in time fell back to the patriarch marquees of total. Other houses of the Iglesias lineage settled in the Mountain of Leon, while others were found in Galicia, in the valleys of the Canagas and in the fellowship of Santa Eulalia de Trugulfe, judicial party of Mondonedo, and another in the Villa of Torreiglesias of the party of Segovia and finally another in the Carrascosa de Arriba of the judicial party of Burgo de Osma.



Historical Characters


In November of 1524, Rodrigo Galvan de Bastidas, organized with the kings of Spain the exploration and colonization of the new lands. In those times it was very difficult to find sailors in Cuba, the reason being that Hernan Cortes took them to help him conquer Mexico. Nevertheless, Bastidas was able to find some ships eventhough they were not in very good shape, he and two hundred and forty men disembarked near the Venezuelan coast. In this group of conquistadors was Diego de Iglesias Gajarte, whose place of birth is not known, first of which this last name came to the Americas.

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Posted: 4 Jun 2000 7:11PM GMT
Edited: 4 Jul 2001 2:23AM GMT
I am looking for information on my family who is listed on baptismal papers from Spain with the spelling Yglesias. They hailed from Lugo, but my birth record is from LaraCuruna. Would you have any information on people from that area?

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susan williams (View posts)
Posted: 17 Jul 2000 9:56AM GMT
I'm looking for a relative to Salvador Yglesias who died with Maximilian. He was from Santander, spain

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Gabriel CabaƱas (View posts)
Posted: 5 Apr 2001 2:30PM GMT
I´ll try to help you with your search. I´m from Santander, and my grandmother´s surname is Yglesias

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Fernando Revuelta (View posts)
Posted: 23 Jun 2003 9:36AM GMT
Classification: Query
Santander (España), 23 de Junio del 2003

Un Salvador Batlla Iglesias aparece entre la documentación que se conserva sobre solicitudes de pasaportes para pasajeros que embarcaban en Santander con destino a Ultramar. Este señor solicitaba con fecha 16 de Diciembre de 1852 el pasaporte para embarcar como cocinero en la fragata "Preciosa" que estaba pronta a salir para América. Si Vd. dispone de más datos puede hacérmelos saber si le interesa que siga investigando.

Mi e-mail: fvuelta@eresmas.com

Re: Yglesias History

Posted: 9 Mar 2008 6:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello: Iglesias or Yglesias was also the surname given to children born out of wedlock in Spain. (So I have been told.)
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