Origin of Blanes

The origin of this lineage (as it appears from the authentic writings kept by those of this house, from the weapons that they always used, from the graves of the ancient Lords of the town of Blanes, in the province of Girona, and from existing documents in the archives of Barcelona) starts from Ginés de Saboya, of the Blood and House of the then Counts of Savoy, later Kings of Italy.

Guillem de Blanes, from Selva, was a resident of Sagunt (València) in 1421. Pere Blanes, from Selva, was a resident of Bocairent (València) in 1421. Arnau, Cristófol, Guillem and Salvador were residents of the city of Valencia in 1354-1373. Ramón de Blanes, from Selva, was a resident of Albaida (València) in 1291-1329. Domingo de Blanes was a resident of Xixona (Alacant) in 1421. Mosen Vidal de Blanes was Criminal Justice of the city of Valencia in 1404, and Jury in 1405 and 1406. Mosen Jofre de Blanes was Jury of Valencia in 1441; Mosen Gaspar Blanes, Mustazaf, in 1538; Mosen Miguel Juan Blanes, Mustazaf, in 1556; Mosen Guillem Ramón de Blanes, Justice, in 1567; Mosen Miguel Ramón de Blanes, knight, Mustazaf, in 1570, and Mosen Francés Luis de Blanes, Justicia, in 1580 and 1590, and Mustazaf, in 1582. Vidal de Blanes was Confraternity of San Jaime de València in 1491, 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1499, and Doncel in 1500 and 1508.

Arnau, Cristófol, Guillem and Salvador Blanes were residents of the city of Valencia between 1354-1373. Mosen Vidal de Blanes was Criminal Justice of Valencia in 1404 and Jury in 1405 and 1406; Mosen Jofre de Blanes, Jury, in 1441; Mosen Miguel Juan Blanes, Mustazaf, in 1556; Mosen Guillem Ramón de Blanes, Jury, in 1567; Mosen Miguel Ramón de Blanes, knight, Mustazaf, in 1570; French Mosen Luis de Blanes, Mustazaf, in 1582 and 1600, and Jury, in 1590, and French Mosen Blanes, Civil Justice, in 1589, and Jury, in 1593 and 1596.

The following also emanated from the noble house of the Blanes knights, among others:

Raimundo de Blanes, first martyr of the Mercedarian Order. The Bulari de la Orden, printed in 1693 at the request of José, Archbishop of Tarragona and formerly General of this Order, says that Raimundo de Blanes, a Catalan nobleman, was received in Barcelona by San Pedro Nolasco, founder of the Order of Mercy, and he sent him to Granada after profession to rescue captives, where the infidels martyred him with arrows in 1236.

Ramón de Blanes was one of the knights of the court of the Count of Barcelona who accompanied him to Turin, where the Emperor Don Federico was staying.

Guillén de Blanes was among the knights who assisted King Ferdinand I in Perpignan in 1416 in the last moments of his life.

One of the four statues that represent as many Catalan characters in the monument that the city of Barcelona erected to Christopher Columbus is that of Ferrer de Blanes.

From the Order of Calatrava were: Vicente Valterra de Blanes Borja Rivelles y Valterra, Count of Villanueva de Torres-Torres, from 1629; Luis Sorel Valterra de Blanes Boyl y Despug, Count of Albalat, from 1628; Remigio Sorel Valterra de Blanes Boyl y Despug, from 1629, and Domingo Matheu Blanes Silva y Cortés, from 1710.

From the Order of Santiago were: Antonio de Calatayud y de Blanes, Count of Villamonte, from 1604; Jaime Millán and Valterra de Blanes, from 1628; Joaquín Pignatelli y Moncayo Aragón y de Blanes, President of the Royal Council of Military Orders, from 1768, and Jaime de Palafox y Perellós Agustín y de Blanes, from 1613.

When Viciana wrote the history of Valencia in 1563, Francisco Luis de Blanes was Commander of Perpunch. In the year 1903, Román and Gonzalo García de Blanes y Osorio, the latter, Adviser of the Royal Council of Military Orders, respectively entered the Orders of Calatrava and Alcántara.

From the Order of Montesa were: Fray Guillén Blanes, Commander of Culla, in 1320; Galeas de Blanes, in 1350; Fray José de Blanes y Díez de Ferrando, Commander of Onda, in the 17th century; Francisco Luis de Blanes, a native of Valencia, Knight, Commander of Ademuz, Castelfabi, Onda, Benasal and Perpunchent, in the 16th century; Fray Francisco Luis de Blanes, Commander of Perpunchent in the 16th century; Fray Jofre de Blanes y Díez de Fernando, a native of Valencia, Bailío de Moncada, Commander of Onda, Clavero in 1626, Lieutenant General of the Order in 1624, who died in 1633, in 1582; Bernabé Valterra Blanes y Vives, in 1583; Benito Valterra Blanes, in 1628; Bartolomé Valterra de Blanes and San Martín, in 1633; Carlos Valterra Blanes de Martí, in 1664; José Vidal de Blanes y Villarasa, General of the Order, in 1672; Jerónimo Valterra de Blanes y Niño, in 1676; Vicente Falcó de Belaochaga de Blanes, in 1680; Jerónimo Valterra Blanes de Brizuela, in 1681; Jose Figuerola Pardo de laCasta y de Blanes, Commander of Villafamés, in 1695; José Valterra Blanes Muñoz de Castilblamo, in 1716, and Ramón de Blanes y Cortés, in 1718.

Cristóbal de Blanes y Sanz, a native of Valencia, of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, joined the Royal Company of Marine Guards in 1718. He was the son of Ramón de Blanes and Elfa Sanz.

José Blanes y Cortés was a Knight in the habit of Saint John of Jerusalem in the Grand Priory of Castilla y León in 1685.

Cristóbal Blanes y Sanz, a native of Valencia, Navy Officer, was a Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, which he entered in 1818.

Guillermo Ramón de Blanes, a boy from Perpignan, was elevated to Knight of the Golden Spur of the Principality of Catalonia by King Ferdinand I of Aragon and attended the Cortes of Barcelona in 1412 as such. He was the son of Ramón de Blanes , maiden of Perpignan, Royal Bailiff, and of Sibyl. Guillermo was married to Sibila de Marsá.

Pedro de Blanes, brother of Guillermo Ramón, a maiden from Perpignan, was elevated to Knight of the Golden Spur of the Principality of Catalonia by King Don Juan II of Aragon and attended as such the Cortes of Perpignan and Barcelona from 1473- 1479.

Gaspar de Blanes y de Marsá, son of the aforementioned Guillermo Ramón, a maiden from Perpignan, Veguer de Ossona in 1492, 1497 and 1506 and from Gerona in 1509, was elevated to Knight of the Golden Spur of the Principality of Catalonia by the King Don Fernando II of Aragon.

Miguel de Blanes y de Albert, Nobleman, resident of Perpignan, was authorized by the Military Arm in the Cortes of the Principality of Catalonia, in 1599. He was the son of Antonio de Blanes y de Sentmenat, a maiden from Perpignan, assistant to the Courts of Monzón of 1563, and paternal grandson of Juan de Blanes and Conesa.

Antonio Blanes was a Knight of the Order of Carlos III since 1865.