Valencia de Don Juan

VALENCIA DE DON JUAN

Region : Castilla y León
Province : León

Official blazon
Spanish	Escudo de sable, una banda de oro cargada de una cruz florenzada de gules acompañada en jefe y en punta de nueve cuñas de azur puestas tres, tres y tres. Bordura de plata, cargada de cinco escudetes de azur, cada uno sobrecargado de cinco bezantes de plata puestos en aspa y marcados cada uno de un punto de sable, y alternando con ellos la palabra CO-YAN-ÇA de gules. Al timbre corona ducal.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ?

The shield is identical to that of the Valencia de Don Juan family, with the addition of the letters Coyança, the name of the village in Galician. The bordure is based on the Portuguese arms, as in 1387 Infante (Crown Prince) João of Portugal was made Duke of of Valencia de Campos by the King of Castilla.

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