Igúzquiza
Igúzquiza (Template:Lang-eu) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. The first lords of Igúzquiza under the Kingdom of Pamplona were the Velaz de Medrano family, whose illustrious surname is legendarily derived from a Moorish Prince,[1] whose Christian name was Don Andres Velaz de Medrano; who, at the head of a powerful army, entered Navarre in the year 979,[2]He was lord of Iguzquiza, served King Don Sancho Garcés II of Pamplona and lived at the Palace of Velaz de Medrano in Igúzquiza during the reign of his young brother Hisham II of the Umayyad Caliphate and was the eldest son of Caliph Al-Hakam II.
References
- ^ A New Dictionary, Spanish and English and English and Spanish, Containing the Etymology, the Proper and Metaphorical Signification of Words, Terms of Arts and Sciences, Names of Men, Families, Places, and of the Principal Plants in Spain and the West-Indies. Together wih the Arabic and Moorish Words Now Commonly received in the Spanish Tongue, and an Explanation of the difficult Words, Proverbs and Phrases, in Don Quixote, and others the most celebrated writers in the language” by Peter Penida, Author of the Spanish Grammar and teacher of Spanish Lanuage in London
- ^ The Palace of Velaz de Medrano by Julio Altadill & Don Pedro Emiliano Zorilla
It was the capitain Jaime Vélaz de Medrano' birthplace, noble navarresse who defended the castle of Amaiur in 1513 y 1522 against the Spanish conquerors of the Kingdom of Navarre. Close to the village are ruin of the Medrano's palace.
External links
- IGUZQUIZA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
42°38′47″N 2°05′07″W / 42.64639°N 2.08528°W
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