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House Of Lecubarri
The House of Lecubarri ( es, Casa de Lecubarri; ) was an ancient noble family, possibly a cadet branch of the House of Poitiers, through Bernard William of Gascony, Bernard William I. The etymology of the name comes from the words lek(h)u (place) and barri (new), meaning "new place" in the Basque language of the north of Spain. The House has transmitted its status of Spanish nobility, nobility since Uradel, time immemorial. History The origins of the family trace back to the 11th century (Late Middle Ages), when more than half of the Iberian Peninsula was under the rule of the Al-Andalus, Moors. The first appearance of the surname may be attributed to Bernard I William of Gascony, Bernard William I of Gascony, Duchy of vasconia, Duke of Vasconia, who was exiled and forced to renounce the throne of the duchy, hiding himself in Biscay, formerly the Kingdom of Navarre. It is claimed that the same Duke fathered a son who took the surname "Lecoubarry" due to his condition as a bastard so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadet Branch
In history and heraldry, a cadet branch consists of the male-line descendants of a monarch's or patriarch's younger sons ( cadets). In the ruling dynasties and noble families of much of Europe and Asia, the family's major assets— realm, titles, fiefs, property and income—have historically been passed from a father to his firstborn son in what is known as primogeniture; younger sons—cadets—inherited less wealth and authority to pass to future generations of descendants. In families and cultures in which this was not the custom or law, as in the feudal Holy Roman Empire, equal distribution of the family's holdings among male members was eventually apt to so fragment the inheritance as to render it too small to sustain the descendants at the socio-economic level of their forefather. Moreover, brothers and their descendants sometimes quarreled over their allocations, or even became estranged. While agnatic primogeniture became a common way of keeping the family's wealth int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
