Madrazo

Madrazo is a Spanish surname and sometimes uses as "Maderazo" in the Philippines and US :

Meaning

"Madrazo" comes from the Valles Pasiegos in Cantabria and Espinosa de los Monteros in Burgos, northern Spain.[1] The origin of the name is unknown but in Spanish and Portuguese it is understood to refer the process by which the second wife of widower man takes care of the children of the deceased first wife.

People with Madrazo surname

In Spain, the name Madrazo is strongly associated with an important dynasty of artists. Members of the Madrazo family literally dominated 19th-century painting in Spain. [2] Don Jose de Madrazo y Agudo was a noted painter and teacher who became the Director of the Prado Museum in 1838. His sons were Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815-1894), a painter; Luis de Madrazo y Kuntz (1838 -1894), a painter; Pedro de Madrazo y Kuntz (1816-1898), an art critic and Juan de Madrazo y Kuntz, an architect; while his grandsons were Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920), a painter and Ricardo de Madrazo y Garreta (1852-17), also a painter. His grand-daughter, Cecilia de Madrazo y Garreta married the celebrated Orientalist artist, Mariano Fortuny (1838-1874). [3]

Beside Spain, people with Madrazo surnames reside in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, San Salvador and the Philippines. Whereas in the central Philippines, Madrazo changed into Maderazo. The Madrazo Family of German & Carmen Madrazo of 242 German Madrazo Drive, Don L.E. Alfaro Street, Tetuan,Zamboanga City, has retained the original Spanish spelling of the surname. Philippines Yahoo's Facebook list over 500 people with Madrazo or Maderazo surnames living in these countries. The early spread of the surname followed the expansion of Spanish colonization. Most of the people with Madrazo or Maderazo surnames in the Philippines have mixed Chinese and Malay blood stocks unlike most of the other Madrazos living in South America. However, Madrazos who hailed from the original Zamboanga City lineage include the three Madrazo brothers Carlos, Sr., Lulo and Isabelo (all sons of German and Carmen) who founded/settled in San Carlos City, Negro Oriental sometime before Liberation. Their descendants eventually migrated to Manila, the United States, Iceland, Australia. The original Zamboanga City descendants went on to have remarkable careers in education(Rosa Garcia & Florinda Bello, agriculture(Rodolfo Sr.), the government services in general(Amando Sr, Cecilia) and private enterprise(Gerardo Sr) . Their descendants have been living in all parts of the world as the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Middle East, SE Asian countries as well as the United States, Canada and South America. A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Roger Madrazo was a parish priest in the Bahamas (death 2019). The noted businessman and civic leader Edmundo N. Madrazo of Davao City also came from the other branch of the Clan. Intermarriages between and among prominent families of the city and beyond include the Natividads, Sebastians, Montehermosos, Garcias, Bellos, Bucoys, Matias', Pilars and others. A Facebook Family page(German & Carmen) has been a close linkage that establishes the Madrazo family of the Philippines in the modern world.

The blood line has also been established in Cuba which further migrated to the United States in the 1960s by Roberto I. Madrazo son of Roberto Domingo Madrazo which also followed soon after. Roberto I. Madrazo had two children (Robert and Kristie Fawn). In 2007 at age 60 Roberto I. Madrazo died of an AVM in Miami, Florida. The family has since spread out to different states.

References
  1. Heráldica de Cantabria (in Spanish) Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Los Madrazo, una familia de artistas: [Exhibition], Museo Municipal, 1985 [catálogo de la exposición, tapa del libro]
  3. Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 158
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