Argerich
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Argerich is a noble
Catalan
surname
from Central European origin, also common in Argentina
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. Following Phillip V's Nueva Planta decrees
, the Cedula identifies by name "Don Francisco de Argerich y Baliath", associating the family's former status of foreign nobility now both recognized and elevated to a higher degree in the Principality of Catalunya. Given the lack of access to primary sources, this information appears reprinted in numerous secondary sources - in some of which second surname of "Baliath" is hispanicized and his name written as written "Don Francisco de Argerich y Batalla". The current family seal has never been modified again after [Phillip V]]'s royal decree, which was granted to Don Francisco and all his future descendants.
The surname Argerich is shared by several notable people, among them being:
Nobility
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Catalan
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
surname
Surname
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from Central European origin, also common in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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Origins, Emigration, and Titles
Few if any records remain of the Argerich family's original Central European origin, thought to have been around modern Yugoslavia, from which the family emigrated to Catholic Spain due to religious persecution. Very little is known about the family from this period due to lack of records - however, the most recent family shield denotes a red background and two conch shells, indicating a military background and participation in two crusades.Relocation to Northern Spain
18th-Century Spanish documents record both the granting of (and confirmation of prior Central European) titles of nobility, of unclear degree, to the family following the Spanish War of Succession by "Cedula Real" (Royal Decree) of King Phillip V of SpainSpain
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. Following Phillip V's Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees
The Nueva Planta decrees were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V—the first Bourbon king of Spain—during and shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession which he won....
, the Cedula identifies by name "Don Francisco de Argerich y Baliath", associating the family's former status of foreign nobility now both recognized and elevated to a higher degree in the Principality of Catalunya. Given the lack of access to primary sources, this information appears reprinted in numerous secondary sources - in some of which second surname of "Baliath" is hispanicized and his name written as written "Don Francisco de Argerich y Batalla". The current family seal has never been modified again after [Phillip V]]'s royal decree, which was granted to Don Francisco and all his future descendants.
The surname Argerich is shared by several notable people, among them being:
- Martha ArgerichMartha ArgerichMartha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
(born 1941), Argentine concert pianist - Juan ArgerichJuan ArgerichJuan Antonio Argerich was an Argentine statesman and internationally renowned writer who was elected 6 times as a member of the Argentine National Congress...
(1862–1924), Argentine statesman - Manuel ArgerichManuel ArgerichManuel Gregorio Argerich Illustrious Argentine philosopher, author, lawyer, politician, mathematician and medical doctor, born in Buenos Aires in 1835.-Battle of Caseros:...
(1851–1875), Argentine politician, writer, and medical doctor - Cosme ArgerichCosme ArgerichCosme Mariano Argerich was a pioneer of military medical practices in Argentina.Born in Buenos Aires, he became the first officer to be appointed as the Surgeon General in the Argentine Army. He received his medical doctorate in 1783 from the Universidad de Cervera in Spain, and thereafter...
(1758–1820), Surgeon General in the Argentine Revolutionary Army of the Andes