Heredia
Heredia may refer to:
Places
Heredia, a historical territory of the Basque Country (Euskadi) [[1]]
- Heredia, Costa Rica, a city in north-central Costa Rica, the capital of Heredia Canton and Heredia Province
- Heredia (canton)
- Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Family Name
The family crest for the Heredia people have some roots derived from Old Danish and Old Swedish Erik and Eirikr. It is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. Name variations include: Eiric, Eric, Erish, Herrick, Herricke, de Herédia, de Heredia, etc.[2], as well as some reference to ancient Roman etymology for heredium, singular of Heredia (etymology). An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Heredia arrived in the Americas quite early. The earliest origin is yet to be published.
People
- Castro Curvelo de Herédia (November 1966), also known as D. Isabel, Duchess of Braganza, Princess Royal of Portugal, noblewoman, and the wife of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the defunct Portuguese throne. Born to descendants of Portuguese peerage (see: Portuguese nobility).
- Juan Fernández de Heredia (c. 1310–1396), Aragonese historian
- Pedro de Heredia (died 1554), Spanish conquistador
- Alberto Heredia Ceballos (born 1987), Spanish soccer player
- Alonso Fernández de Heredia (died 1782), Spanish general and politician
- Ángel Guillermo Heredia Hernández (born 1975), Mexican sports coach and former discus thrower
- Arnold Heredia (born 1940), Pakistani Catholic priest and human rights activist
- Cayetano Heredia (1797–1861), Peruvian physician
- Enrique Fernández Heredia (fl. 1900s), Spanish military commander
- Fernando Martínez Heredia (born 1939), Cuban politician
- Gil Heredia (born 1965), American baseball player
- Carlos María de Heredia, Mexican critical thinker, author of Spiritism and Common Sense (1922)[3], and friend of magician Harry Houdini
- José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905), French poet
- José María Heredia y Heredia (1803–1839), Cuban poet and political activist
- Juan Fernández de Heredia (c. 1310–1396), Aragonese historian
- Pedro de Heredia (died 1554), Spanish conquistador
- Sebastiano Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627), Spanish composer and monk
- Ubaldo Heredia (born 1956), Venezuelan baseball player
- Manual Heredia, 1832, a Spanish pioneer and businessman, Heredia company constructed the first charcoal-fired blast furnace for non-military purposes in Spain. [4]
Other uses
- Heredia (genus), a genus of moth
- Heredia, a meteorite spotted in 1857, see meteorite falls
- Heredia Jaguares de Peten a football (soccer) team from San José, El Petén, Guatemala
- Bodegas R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia, S.A. 2016 (vineyards in Basque Country established in 1913-1914. [5]
See also
- Hereditas, a scientific journal in genetics
References
1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/01206+Heredia,+Álava,+Spain 2. https://www.houseofnames.com/heredia-family-crest 3. https://archive.org/stream/spiritismcommons00hererich#page/n5/mode/2up 4. https://books.google.com/books?id=1hfpAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA56 5. http://www.lopezdeheredia.com/spanish/filosofia/filosofia.html