Kindelán
Kindelan is a surname of Irish origin that has been adopted into Spanish.
The extended Kindelan Family originate in Ireland and will be hosting a clan gathering in August 2013.[1] Up to the mid eighteenth century it was common for Irish citizens to enrol in the Irish Brigades of Spain or France, individuals being known as "wild geese" and this was especially so after the Treaty of Limerick which ended the Williamite War.
About 1700 (date uncertain) Michael O'Kindelan married Cecelia Lutrell of Luttrellstown near Dublin and their son Vincent was born at Castlerickart, Co. Meath in 1701.[2]
Vincent (Vicente) became one of these wild geese and fathered both Sebastian and Juan in the 1750's in Spain. Vincent is credited as the forebear of all the Spanish Kindelans, and of many in the Americas.[3]
People
- Alfredo Kindelán (1879 - 1962), a Spanish general and politician
- Jean de Kindelán, Spanish army officer in service of Napoleon
- Mario Kindelán, a Cuban boxer
- Orestes Kindelán, a Cuban baseball player
- Sebastián Kindelán y O’Regan (1757–1836) Governor of East Florida, Dominican Republic and Cuba
References
- ^ Kindelan Family website
- ^ Ancestry website
- ^ Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, Pleitos de hidalguía que se conservan en el Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid: Maceira-Martinez Ballesteros, Ediciones Hidalguia, 1995, p. 22
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