Cárdenas
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Cárdenas is a surname generally of Spanish origin.
FAMILY ORIGIN:
The family name Cardenas is a local surname which came from the region of La Rioja, Spain. The place and/or name Cardenas was derived from the Aragonese word cardelina which is Spanish for "goldfinch", a kind of a European songbird.
Originating from the gentlemen of Vizcaya, they joined with the first Spanish nobles and proved their nobility innumerable times in the Military and Royal Orders of the Maestranzas de Caballieras, the soceity of nobleman of spain for practicing equestrian exercises.
The root of this family belongs to Don Lope Diaz, Count and gentlemen of Vizcaya who held the rank of Lieutenant Major of King Alfonso VII and that of his son, Sancho III of Castille. The Cardenas possessed the Lordships of Najera, Haro and Canes, Don Lope diaz, married to Dona Alfonsa Rodriguez de Castro, was the father of Don Lope Sanchez, Lord of the Villa de Cardenas who battled the moors in Andalucia, fighting under the standards of Don Alfonso XI and Don Enrique II, fathering Don Lope Ruiz de Cardenas, the first to adopt the family name taken from this fiat.
The Cardenas possesses many titles of nobility.
Today, in a plaza in Madrid Spain is an obelisk where the names of prominent Cardenas are inscribed, most notably that of LAZARO CARDENAS, president of Mexico in the mid 1930's.
excerpt from THE CARDENAS y BRILLANTES GENEALOGY BOOK first edition
Cuba
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Spain
Venezuela
Cardenas Colombia
FAMILY ORIGIN:
The family name Cardenas is a local surname which came from the region of La Rioja, Spain. The place and/or name Cardenas was derived from the Aragonese word cardelina which is Spanish for "goldfinch", a kind of a European songbird.
Originating from the gentlemen of Vizcaya, they joined with the first Spanish nobles and proved their nobility innumerable times in the Military and Royal Orders of the Maestranzas de Caballieras, the soceity of nobleman of spain for practicing equestrian exercises.
The root of this family belongs to Don Lope Diaz, Count and gentlemen of Vizcaya who held the rank of Lieutenant Major of King Alfonso VII and that of his son, Sancho III of Castille. The Cardenas possessed the Lordships of Najera, Haro and Canes, Don Lope diaz, married to Dona Alfonsa Rodriguez de Castro, was the father of Don Lope Sanchez, Lord of the Villa de Cardenas who battled the moors in Andalucia, fighting under the standards of Don Alfonso XI and Don Enrique II, fathering Don Lope Ruiz de Cardenas, the first to adopt the family name taken from this fiat.
The Cardenas possesses many titles of nobility.
Today, in a plaza in Madrid Spain is an obelisk where the names of prominent Cardenas are inscribed, most notably that of LAZARO CARDENAS, president of Mexico in the mid 1930's.
excerpt from THE CARDENAS y BRILLANTES GENEALOGY BOOK first edition
Places
Cuba
- Cárdenas, Cuba
- Bay of CárdenasBay of CárdenasThe Bay of Cárdenas is a shallow bay on Cuba's northern shore, in the province of Matanzas.It is located on the Cuban coast, facing the Nicholas Channel, and is delimited to the north by the Hicacos Peninsula. To the north-east it is flanked by cays of the Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago, such as...
Mexico
- Cárdenas, San Luis PotosíCárdenas, San Luis PotosíCárdenas is a municipality and city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.The municipality is located east of the state capital in the Media Zone, the municipality has the following coordinates: 99 ° 39 'W and 22 ° 00' north, with a height of 1.200 m above the Tue...
- Cárdenas, TabascoCárdenas, TabascoCárdenas is the second-largest city in the state of Tabasco, in southeastern Mexico. It lies in the northwestern part of the state, on the Gulf of Mexico coast, east of the city of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. The city is the municipal seat of Cárdenas Municipality. At the census of 2005 the city had a...
- Lázaro Cárdenas, MichoacánLázaro Cárdenas, MichoacánLázaro Cárdenas is a port city that with its surrounding municipality is located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was formerly known as Los Llanitos, but changed its name as a tribute to Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, a Michoacán-born politician who was president of Mexico from...
Nicaragua
- Cárdenas, RivasCárdenas, RivasCárdenas is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. In 2002, the municipality of Cardenas had threatened the government in Managua with sucsesion and becoming part of Costa Rica. Costa Rica claimed that it would respect Nicaraguan territory and had no intention of annexing the...
Panama
- Cárdenas, PanamaCardenas, PanamaCardenas was a township in the old Panama Canal Zone. It was original founded to house FAA personnel. Later, additional housing was constructed for staff members of the Middle America Research Unit , a medical research laboratory of the National Institute of Health .Its only access from the main...
Spain
- Cárdenas, La RiojaLa Rioja (Spain)La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera.-History:...
Venezuela
- Cárdenas, Táchira
Cardenas Colombia
As a personal name
- Adán CárdenasAdán CárdenasAdán Cárdenas del Castillo was a Nicaraguan politician and doctor. He also served as the President of Nicaragua between 1 March 1883 and 1 March 1887. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua....
, President of Nicaragua - Agustín CárdenasAgustín Cárdenasthumb|250px| Without Title , sculpture by Auguste Cardenas in the area above the Roman quarry in [[Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland]] near [[Lake Neusiedl]]....
, Afro-Cuban sculptor - Alberto CárdenasAlberto CárdenasAlberto Cárdenas Jiménez is a Mexican politician affiliated to the conservative National Action Party . He is a former governor of Jalisco, and Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón...
, Mexican politician - Alejandro CárdenasAlejandro CárdenasAlejandro Manuel Cárdenas Robles is a retired track & field athlete from Mexico. He is married to high jumper athlete Romary Rifka....
, Mexican athlete - Alejandro Fischer Cárdenas, Colombian Artist
- Carlos CárdenasCarlos CárdenasCarlos Cárdenas Rodriguez is a former Bolivian football striker. During his professional career he played for Wilstermann, Blooming, Aurora and Universitario....
, Bolivian footballer - Cuauhtémoc CárdenasCuauhtémoc CárdenasCuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano is a prominent Mexican politician. He was a former Head of Government of the Federal District and a founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution .-Biography:...
, Mexican politician - Félix CárdenasFélix CárdenasFélix Rafael Cárdenas Ravalo is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld until the team's demise.-Palmarès:*1996...
, Colombian cyclist - Francisco Arias CárdenasFrancisco Arias CárdenasFrancisco Javier Arias Cárdenas is a Venezuelan politician and career military officer. He participated in Hugo Chávez' unsuccessful February 1992 coup attempt, being pardoned in 1994 by Rafael Caldera, along with the other conspirators...
, Venezuelan politician - García López de CárdenasGarcía López de CárdenasGarcía López de Cárdenas, , is credited with the first European discovery of the Grand Canyon.- Life :Cárdenas was born in Llerena, Spain, son to Alonso de Cárdenas y doña Elvira de Figueroa and Maria García Osorio. He was the comendador of Caravaca.López de Cárdenas was conquistador attached to...
, Spanish Conquistador - Gregorio Cárdenas HernándezGregorio Cárdenas HernándezGregorio "Goyo" Cárdenas Hernández , also known as the strangler of Tacuba , was a Mexican spree killer...
, Mexican serial killer - Henry CárdenasHenry CárdenasHenry Cárdenas Orduz is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1997. He was nicknamed "Cebollita".-Career:1987...
, Colombian road cyclist - Lázaro Cárdenas BatelLázaro Cárdenas BatelLázaro Cárdenas Batel is a Mexican politician. He served as governor of Michoacán from 2002 to 2008), representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution...
, Mexican politician - Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, President of Mexico
- Leo CárdenasLeo CárdenasLeonardo Lazaro Cárdenas Alfonso was a prominent shortstop in American Major League Baseball for 16 years...
, Cuban baseball player - Luis CárdenasLuis CárdenasLuis Germán Cárdenas Amaya is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199119931995-References:...
, Colombian cyclist - Martín CárdenasMartín Cárdenas (botanist)Martín Cárdenas Hermosa was a Bolivian botanist. Cárdenas is considered one of the most important botanists in Bolivia's history.He is responsible for recording some 6,500 species of plants in his native country.-Biography:...
, Bolivian botanist - Miguel CárdenasMiguel CárdenasMiguel Cárdenas was a Mexican politician. He was candidate for the elections of 1894 for the post of governor of Coahuila and was supported by Bernardo Reyes. But Cárdenas removed his candidacy as did José María Garza Galán. So, José María Múzquiz became governor. Eventually, Miguel Cárdenas...
, Mexican politician - Osiel CárdenasOsiel CárdenasOsiel Cárdenas Guillén was a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel . Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, where he was born, he entered the Gulf Cartel by helping Juan García Abrego, the capo at the time; when García was arrested in 1995, some infighting erupted within...
, Mexican drug baron - Raúl CárdenasRaúl CárdenasRaúl Cárdenas de la Vega is a former Mexican football player and coach. He represented the Mexico national football team as a player in three FIFA World Cups: 1954, 1958 and 1962. He also coached the national team when they reached the quarterfinals at home in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and managed...
, Mexican footballer and coach - Regla CárdenasRegla CárdenasRegla María Cárdeñas Telo is a retired Cuban heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Cuban heptathlete - Raymundo CárdenasRaymundo CárdenasRaymundo Cárdenas Hernández is a Mexican left-wing politician from Zacatecas affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution who currently serves in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.-Political career:...
, Mexican politician - Rocío Cárdenas, Mexican actress
- Sherman CárdenasSherman CárdenasSherman Cárdenas is a Colombian football attacking midfielder who plays for local club La Equidad.- Career :...
, Colombian football midfielder - Tony CardenasTony CardenasTony Cardenas is an American politician. He is currently a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the Sixth Council District which covers portions of the southeast San Fernando Valley, including the communities of Arleta, Pacoima, Sun Valley, North Hollywood, Panorama City, Van Nuys...
, California politician