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Rota Family Crest
Rota Family Crest
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Where did the Spanish Rota family come from? What is the Spanish Rota family crest and coat of arms? When did the Rota family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Rota family history?

The noble Spanish surname Rota is toponymic in origin, based on the name of the place where the initial bearer once resided or held land. The surname Rota is taken directly from the Spanish word "rueda," derived from the Latin "rota," meaning literally "arched wood that forms a bow." The word in Catalan is "roda," also meaning "wheel."

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Roda, Rota, Roa, Ruedas and others.

First found in the mountains of Burgos, in the northern regions of the Iberian peninsula. Early records of the name Rota show that Francisco de Perellos, Carmalengo del Rey, was granted the noble title of Viscount of Rueda by Pedro IV de Aragon in 1366.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rota research. Another 396 words(28 lines of text) covering the years 1505 and 1565 are included under the topic Early Rota History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 76 words(5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Rota Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Martin de Rueda who emigrated to Dominican Republic in 1534; Francisco De Rueda who sailed to Venezuela in 1534; Catalina De Rueda who arrived in Peru in 1560.

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The Rota Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Rota Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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