Crest Submitted by Manuel Psaila
De Guevara or Deguara of Spanish descent and Nobility descendants of the
Navarre , Aragon, and Castille kings, ancestry can be trace to Charlemagne.
The de Guevara , were quite noble , came from castile , spain, when the
castilians were rulers of malta and sicily. They were counts of ribadeo,
with the surname of d'avalos. The surname came when Ruy Lopez d'Avalos,
count of Ribadeo married the heiress Elvira de Guevara, daughter of
Pedro velez de Guevara, 11th lord of Onate. The marriage was in 1395.The
first de Guevara was a don. Diego de Guevara . His sons were Inigo de
Guevara, Marquis del Vasto ,Count di Ariano, lived in sicily and naples,
the other son was in malta, Giovanni de Guevara, Baron di Ghajn
Tuffieha, Gnien-is -Firen, and Gattara, died 1474. A well to do family.
Of course , many illegimate offsprings which the deguara's are from.
The ancestry is quite royal ,related to all the early spanish royalty
and nobility
Also a descendant of " El Cid " a hero to spain.
The ancestry goes back to the 3rd century without a doubt.
Most famous ancester is of course Charlemagne , emperor of the Franks,
1st Holy Roman Emperor in the 9th Century.
Most of the nobilty in Southern Italy and Malta are a descendant of this
connection
Also, modern day royalty are also a descendant from this famous
connection.
Magister Antonio De Guevara went to Gozo during the repopulation of
1565-80
Submitted by Charles
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- Fr. Gann Pawl Deguara - (1800-88), Patri frangiskan.
- Jimmy Deguara - (Storm Chaser)
- Joseph Deguara, Husband of the Countess of Beberrua.
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