Origin Gallego
Lugo of Latin "lucus", " sacred forrest".
Coat of Arms
Originated in Madrid and Canary Islands. In gules (red), of sinople (green), angulada flordelisada, full a cross of four ears, gold (origin ASTURIAS, Spain). Descendant of King D. Fruela I, by his grandson Count D. Rodrigo Romaes. A branch transcended to the conquest of the Canary Islands, where it was domiciled. Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, the 'Adelantado', Commander of the Army, planted a wooden cross on the shore. A mass was celebrated, and following the festivity of the day ('The Holy Cross'), a town was founded under the name 'Holy Cross of Tenerife' (Santa Cruz de Tenerife). The cross in the arms is thus a canting symbol for this occasion.
Family Tree
Don Javier Alonso Luis Fernández de Lugo,was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma (1493) and Tenerife (1495), the last of the Canary Islands to be conquered by the Castilian crown.
Don Pedro Fernández de Lugo, was the second military governor (adelantado) of the Canary Islands and governor of Tenerife and La Palma. 1536
Don Francisco Bahamonde De Lugo, governer of Puerto Rico, commission by the Spanish Crown from 1564-68
Don Guillermo de Lugo y Buenaventura, mayor of San German in 1695 and 1703
Don Jose Remigio de Lugo, mayor of Yauco 1780-1785 , he was also landowner and lieutenant to War in Yauco towards 1776
Don Vicente de Lugo, mayor in 1833 and was cleric in San German towards 1836
Don Tomás A. Pacheco and Lugo, mayor of Guayanilla 1840-41, 43 and 1845
Don Nicolas Demetrio Lugo, mayor of Guayanilla in 1889-90, 1891 and 1893
Researched by Jaime To Soliván de Acosta, Port Rican Genealogical Society
(Certification Committee Member)
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