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'Your eloquence is divine, MEDRANO, because seeing the Muses, your sanity, you diligently seek to acquire the nobility of the Arts and Sciences'
Jul 14, 2023 25 tweets 14 min read
The Medrano family, the Palace of Medrano and the Moorish Prince, progenitor of the surname:

Iguzquiza, Navarra
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(1) The progenitor of the Medrano family has been described by Don Francisco Mosquera de Barnuevo, Peter Pineda, General Julio Altadill, Don Pedro Emiliano Zorilla, the Hispania Nostra Scientific Committee, the official Basque encyclopedia, and many other prestigious sources. Image
May 6, 2023 42 tweets 13 min read
This page is dedicated to the illustrious legacy and history of the Medrano family, ancient lords of Iguzquiza and the Palace of Velaz de Medrano; built in the late 10th century to defend and govern that region of Estella on behalf of the Kings of Navarra and later, Spain. Image What do we know of the origins and progenitor of the Medrano family? This thread will explain just that:

At the close of the 10th century, the great Umayyad Caliphate was faced with political intrigues that ultimately led to assassination attempts on the Princes of Cordoba. Image