Zambrano

For the town and municipality in Bolívar Department of northern Colombia, see Zambrano, Bolívar.

Zambrano is a surname of Spanish and also Basque origin. Members of this family have played a prominent role through the history of Spain and The Americas.

Etymology

Zambrana or Zambrano comes from the word soberano ("sovereign")..

Origins

The Origin of the Zambrana Surname The noble status of this lineage is frequently mentioned in all the writings of King Don García and King Don Sancho, referring to Señor Fortún Sánchez.[1][2]

The pre-name of Señor (Senior) was reserved only for noble knights and was guarded with greater strictness than the current use of Don, which is now so common that even ordinary people adopt it at will. (I will explain the meaning of Señor elsewhere; suffice it to say for now that anyone to whom it is affixed must be considered a most noble knight, more so than an infanzón or a hidalgo).

For this reason, and to confirm the Royal writings, it is clear proof that those I mention here were among the Ricoshombres (rich men or magnates) of the Kingdom, and that they stood at the side of the Kings.

Fortún Sánchez: The Founder This knight, Fortún Sánchez, whom I have cited in many places (for finding him, even among the first confirmers), was most valiant. Due to his exploits and great services rendered in war and peace to King Don García, and as the King could not reward him, having since died as mentioned, his son, King Don Sancho, did so.

The Royal Grant: As recorded in the Bezerro of San Millán (a cartulary), in the Era 1096 (1058 A.D.), King Sancho gave him the office and the lands and possessions the King held in Cembrana, a place within the jurisdiction of Briviesca.

The Confirmation: To ensure the donation had the necessary validity, in accordance with the law of the Kingdom of those times, the King stated that he received from Fortún Sánchez ten choice and very good cows, and two bulls in exchange, which was considered "coin, payment, and honor."

Witnesses to the Grant: The witnesses to this grace were: Bishop Vigilano, Señor Juliano (who governed the church of Álava), Se. Tello Muñoz, Se. Ximeno Azenarez, Se. Ramiro Sánchez, Se. Dono Marcelo, Se. Sancio Fortunez, Se. Fortún Sánchez (Royal Ensign), Se. Oriolo Sanchez (Master of the Horse), and Se. García Sánchez (Second Master of the Horse).

Adopting the Surname: Because Fortún Sánchez was granted an inheritance by the King in the lands and possessions of Zambrana, or Cembrana, and because it was in reward for his great services, he was called Fortún Sánchez de Cembrana (or Zambrana), and his descendants preserved this surname.

Legacy: Those who can prove their origin from this noble house should highly esteem such an honored and illustrious beginning, and know that the one who gave the name to the Zambrana surname was a very noble knight when he earned it.

Devotion and Descendants He was greatly devoted to San Millán, to whom he gave part of the property the King had granted him, and it is understood that he ordered himself to be buried in this holy place, which is why this deed is found there. (Those who place a stone in the foundation of the House of God deserve this remembrance).

From this knight descend and trace their noble origin those of this surname who are found in Murcia, having settled in that land since the conquest of Baeza, where they served with Don Diego López de Haro, the principal Captain and conqueror of that city.

I. Fortún Sánchez de Zambrana: One of the conquerors and settlers of Baeza.[3]

II. Martín Alonso de Zambrana: Fortún Sánchez's heir. Married in Úbeda.

III. Juan de Zambrana: Legitimate son of Martín Alonso.

IV. Pedro Sánchez Iñiguez de Zambrana: Son of Juan de Zambrana. He was Warden (Alcaide) of the fortress of the town of Mula. Married in Lorca to Doña Beatriz de Peralta.

V. Nofre de Zambrana: Son of Pedro Sánchez. Married in Murcia to Doña María de Arroniz, Lady (Señora) of La Puebla.

VI. Pedro de Zambrana: Son of Nofre de Zambrana. He was a Knight of the Order of Santiago and a Page to Emperor Charles V (karl V germany or Carlos I spain).

The Zambrano family originated in the mountains of Biscay.[4] Piferrer records that the first to bear this name was Fortun Sanchez.

Francisco Zazo y Rosillo, the Chronicler King of Arms to Philip V of Spain, chronicled the lineage of the Zambrano family from its origins in the village of Zambrana in the Gipuzkoa province in what was at the time the Kingdom of Castile.[5] This Castilian origin is reflected in the Zambrano family crest, which features the castle sigil of Castile along with the rose sigil of Reus. The progenitor of this line was Ochoa de Zambraos, who served as a knight to the Catholic Monarchs.[5] Zazo proceeds to trace the lineage through five generations (and the eventual evolution of the name from Zambraos to Zambrano), noting the spread of the family to Flanders, Úbeda, Málaga, Antequera and La Rioja, and the service of the family to Philip I of Castile, Charles V of Flanders and Philip II of Spain.[5]

The village of Zambrana was named for the Zambrano family, who were granted a land grant there by Don Sancho in 1058.[6]

The Estado Militar de España was an annual register of the status of military affairs of Spain, including the listing of special orders of military honor, including the Order of Santiago, the Order of Calatrava, the Order of Alcantara and the Order of Montesa. The Zambrano name can be found frequently among these registers.[7][8]

Notable Zambranos

Notable people with this surname include:

Fictional characters

  • Kim Zambrano, Fire Department of New York paramedic, played by Kim Raver, on American television series Third Watch, seen on NBC from 1999 to 2005; she appeared in first five seasons, first episode of season six, and cameo on May 6, 2005, finale
  • The Zambrano crime family in Venezuela, from J.J. Connolly's Viva La Madness

References

  1. ^ Primera parte de las Fundaciones de los Monasterios del Glorioso P. S. Benito, que los Reyes de España fundaron y dotaron [...]. Y de los santos y claros varones desta Sagrada Religión, que desde el año 540 [...] hasta el año 714 [...] Prudencio de SANDOVAL Jan 1601 · Luís Sanchez
  2. ^ https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=Qh5PAAAAcAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
  3. ^ Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España (revisado por A. Rujula y Busel). Francisco Piferrer 378 pages
  4. ^ Piferrer, Francisco (1858). Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España. p. 42.
  5. ^ a b c Mogrobejo, Endika (1995). "Zambrana o Zambrano o Zambranos o Zambraos". Diccionario hispanoamericano de heráldica, onomástica y genealogía (in Spanish). Editorial Mogrobejo-Zabala. ISBN 9788489965096. (excerpted at http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_hispanas/zambrana.htm Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine)
  6. ^ "Monumentos y Patrimonio de Zambrana" [Monuments and founding of Zambrana]. Ayuntamiento de Zambrana. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Estado Militar de España: 1802" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Estado Militar de España: 1847" (PDF).
  9. ^ Jones, Oakah L. Jr.. "Juan José Zambrano of Durango: The Rise and Fall of a Colonial Peninsular." Colonial Latin American Historical Review 7, 1 (1998): https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/clahr/vol7/iss1/1

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