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THE MONROY FAMILY

Sources of Monroy surname

The Placentino Xil Blas de Ocampo wrote in his manuscript about the lineage of Monroy, in the National Library of 1650. He traces the origin of this surname, , to the descendants of Vigil de Monroy, this version is discovered in many old chroniclers

Vigil de Monroy is a French gentleman, son or brother of King Dagobert III, who ran away from his country with his loyalists to get rid of his brother who usurps the throne.

This gentlement traveled thru the Pyrenees and took refuge in the mountains where he is welcomed by the Asturian King Pelayo, who after verify his bravery, appoints him as captain (captain in latin is "Vigil"). From that date He was named by his loyals servants as "Vigil mon Roy"(captain my King), name by which would be known.

Evidence of this is showed by Pedro de Gratia Dey, herald of the Catholic Kings, in his book of honors to the families of Castile (year 1484), dedicating the following verses to the Monroy surname, whose narrative fully describes the coat of arms surname.

"You see two gold castles

Over manly blood

With two quarter veros (heraldic lining)

Blue and silver

From the French name Vigil

To be a Monroy praiseworthy

King Pelayo knows that

He caused in peace and fury

These arms of Asturias

Have by sign reliable

Vigil was his name, this way his vassals that they came from France, joined the protocol suffix "mon Roy" means "my King "

Undoubtedly the vast majority of travelers, "Monroy" or "Monrroy" from Spain to Mexico or any other country in Latin America came from Spain, specifically from the province of Extremadura in Spain.