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Cuellar or Cuéllar is a Spanish surname that was derived from the name of the town Cuéllar in the Segovia province of Spain, with spelling variations that include; Cuéllar, de Cuéllar, Cuellar, de Cuellar, Cuello, de Cuello, Coello de Coello and many more, and were first found in the Kingdom of Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.
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Origin and history
Ocariz qualifies the nobility for that of Cuéllar; and in effect long enough to give a full idea of its age and noble origin, of nobility and high merits of its illustrious sons and elevated junctions and alliances they have made. To quote one of the many passages in dealing with such a qualified surname; “After having said that in the early fifteenth century, which flourished in the Infante Don Fernando de Antequera, who was then king of Aragon, distinguished in their service, Fernan Cuéllar Velazquez, named for a native of the village of Cuéllar being the Chancellor and ambassador to Naples, three times viceroy of Sicily", adds married Dona Ines Alfonso, illustrious lineage, and continues, "They had twelve children, the eldest son Ortun Cuéllar Velazquez, mayor of Seville in 1417, the Royal Council of Castile in 1421: dean of Segovia, apostolic prothonotary, ambassador to France, year 1454 and lately bishop of Leon.
His brother Juan Velazquez B. Cuéllar, second son whom came to be royal advisor, in the year 1431, in place of his antecedent, he served until 1453, and who was one of the twelve judges of the cause of the Master Don Alvaro de Luna, (whose castle is La Adrada, that he was leaving the world and entering the monastery of Our Lady of Armedilla, between Penafiel, (a municipality in Porto District in the North of Portugal) and Cuellar. He ordered to have placed on his grave, a wax head, by his death and without having any children. It happened in the house and services were by Gutierre Velazquez de Cuellar, third brother "here is your coat of arms: of azure and golden lion, at the top chief three lilies of the same metal; red bands divided by a silver band and loaded with twelve threads of gold roundels gules.
The study of family Escutcheon (heraldry) or the heraldic shield, speak of those who formed the origin of the family Cuéllar, because that was the function, to manifest to others their differential elements thereof, for the inclusion of flowers were bound to its own (family name roses and pink probable foreign origin) (English or German). The colors for the Cuéllar coat of arms declare the following values: Azur; corresponds to the symbol of water, the continuity of life, is a color of nobility, beauty, chastity and fidelity, plus other virtues characterized the family, such as economic abundance, perseverance, luck, fame and the desire to win.
Early settlers of the surname
Some of the first and early settlers of this family surname whom sailed to the Americas names were; Damian de Cuéllar (1517) to America, Antonio de Cuéllar (1576) to Colombia, Felix de Cuéllar (1576) to Chile, Roque de Cuéllar (1592) to Peru, Juan de Cuéllar (1812) to America, Damian de Cuéllar (1817) to America, Maria de Cuéllar (1828) to America, Francisco Of Cuéllar (1834) to Nicaragua and Fray Antonio de Cuellar (1529), with other Spanish friars, built an adobe chapel, the royal house, the square jail, an inn and a few houses in what is now the city center of Ameca, Jalisco