(Romeu: escutcheons and heraldry)
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Early escutcheon |
Romeu from Ripoll |
Romeu from Lleida |
Generic.Gold shell |
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Etymology:
According to J.Coromines Etymological D.: Romeu (pilgrim) of the Latin romaeus
and this of the Greek romaios, properly “roman”, it applied in
the East Empire to the westerners that were crossing it in pilgrinage to Holy
Earth. Applied also, afterwards, to the pilgrims of Santiago or of Rome. |
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Romeu from Catalonia |
Silver shell |
Eagle and rosemary |
Catalonia-Aragon (1) |
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(1) Kept in Barcelona Archive Chapter. Genealogy:
The historians and genealogists are not to reach agreement on the origin of
the surname of which, on Catalonia, have to be its first references in the
year 1150 (reigning Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, husband of
Peronella, daughter of Ramir II of Aragon, the Monk) and of a Romeu to the
service of the king Alfons I of Catalonia, the Chaste, to the side of who
fought in help of the king of Castille in the Cuenca siege (1177). The
descendants of this first Romeu, were distinguished in their service to the
kings Pere I of Catalonia, the Catholic, in "Las Navas deTolosa"
and Jaume I the Conqueror in the conquest of Valencia. |