Origin of Prat

It derives from place names and toponyms composed with the term lawn which are extremely common in Italy.

The surname Prati is widespread in Lombardy, Emilia and Romagna, Alessandria, Genoese and western Veneto.

Pratti is probably due to transcription errors.

Praz is from Valle d'Aosta.

Prazzi and Prazzo, very rare, are Piedmontese.

Catalonia lineage, very old and widespread throughout its four provinces. In tradition it has its origin in Carlos Martel. There are, however, documents that recognize Bernardo de Prat, Carlán or Lord of Clará, of whom Berenguer de Prat was a grandson, who received from his grandfather, at the end of December 1226, by royal decree of the king of Aragón Don Jaime I, the place of Plá, in full domain and lordship. Later he donated the castle of the town of Moyá, in the judicial district of Manresa and province of Barcelona.

In the provinces of Barcelona, ​​Lleida and Tarragona there are several towns called Prat or Prats, whose name is undoubtedly related to that of the lineage.

He had different and noble ancestral homes in the aforementioned town of Moyá, in the cities of Barcelona, ​​Vic, Gerona and Figueres, and in the place of Viuet, in the judicial district of Tremp (Lleida). He went to Majorca, creating new lots on that island, and also to Valencia and Aragon.

The descendants of the house of the town of Moyá, in whose archive the royal certificate of the Aragonese king Don Jaime I was kept, held the most important and honorary public offices there. In the 17th century, the head of said house moved to Barcelona. His successor was Leodegario de Prat, who married a Torrellebreta for the first time and the second to Doña María Elena de Argilia y Quadras

A branch of the house of Gerona moved to the place of San Esteban de Bas, in the judicial district of Olot, remaining there established. To this branch belonged, in the last third of the 15th century, Francisco de Prats, a native of San Esteban de Bas, who married Jerónima Domenec, of the same nature.

Another branch of the house of Gerona, named Prat, went to Chile and her father was Ignacio Prat, a native of Gerona, who went to that country in 1811, staying in Chile, as well as his descendants. < /p>

The Prat family based in Valencia holds the titles of Count of Berbedel, Baron of Sohr, Antillón and Almoida and Viscount of Viota de Arbá.

José María de Prat y Miralles, born in Pamplona on November 16, 1805, and died in Madrid on June 8, 1867, was a field marshal and married Doña Emilia Bucelli y de Juan, a native of Valencia.

In Majorca, those of this surname created houses in the towns of Pollensa and Alcudia and in other towns. Their last name was Prats.

The house of Alcudia rendered effective services to Emperor Carlos V in the eventful times of the community members, being awarded, on October 14, 1525, with the privilege of frankness of rights and municipal contributions.

Guillermo Prats, was one of the deputies for Inca who in 1285 swore allegiance and vassalage to King Alonso III of Aragon.

Luis Prats, in the years 1435 and 1454 was sworn in this city and kingdom.

Francisco Prats, was in 1455, and four years later he commissioned the city to receive the Prince of Viana, son of King Don Juan II of Navarre, when he arrived in Mallorca.

Another Francisco Prats, priest, doctor of theology, was one of the best Mallorcan poets and writers of the 15th century. He lived a hermitic life in the old school of Miramar, and there in 1485 he had established a printing press in which one of his works was printed.

Benito and Juan Prats, were captains of the army of Felipe IV who were in the wars of Naples and Sicily.

Don Nicolás José Prats, priest, theologian doctor, general chronicler of the kingdom of Majorca, died on March 13, 1823.