A record of documented arms, meaning and origin, researched for the Araneda family of Spain.
lionCourage, strength and royaltyJ. B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1884–87
Blazon (the actual original written record)“D'arg. au lion de gu.”
The Araneda arms were recorded in Andalusia, c. 1722.
Andalusia was the last part of Spain taken back from the Moors, and the land was shared out among the men who took it. A grant of land came with a grant of arms, so the region produced a great many.
This is where the arms were entered in the register. Families often moved to other parts of the country, so the same name can turn up in more than one region.
The body that granted and recorded arms in Spain in this period.
Reigning in Spain when the Araneda arms are first recorded.
In Spain, a coat of arms was considered a form of property that belonged to the entire family line. These arms were passed down from a father to all his children equally. Younger branches of the family usually kept the original design without needing to add any special marks to distinguish their specific line.
The family name Araneda has deep roots in the southern region of Spain known as Andalusia. By the year 1722, records confirm that members of the family were already established in this area, living during a time when Spain was transitioning under the rule of the Bourbon dynasty. The name itself is thought to be of Basque origin, likely derived from the words "aran," meaning valley, and "eda," which often denotes a place or a collection. This suggests that the earliest ancestors of the family may have migrated from the northern mountainous regions of the Basque Country toward the fertile plains of the south. As they settled in Andalusia, the family became part of the local social fabric, eventually contributing to the cultural and historical development of the region before many of its members later traveled to the Americas.
Basque word for a valley or a place where plums grow.
