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Quiroga is a Spanish surname; it originates from the valley and locality of Quiroga in the province of Lugo in the Galician region of Spain. Legend has it that in the year 715, a powerful knight defended the entrance to Galicia through the Valley of Quiroga from invasion by the Moors. As weapons, he used iron-tipped stakes which are the basis for the Quiroga coat-of-arms; five silver stakes (spears) positioned vertically on a green (sinople) background. The first recorded name of the Quiroga lineage is that of Vasco De Quiroga born in the year 1218 during the reign of Ferdinand III of Castile, in the Valley of Quiroga. Branches from the house of Vasco De Quiroga extended through the districts of Monforte, Mondoñedo, Chantada, Quiroga, Lugo, and Sarria. New houses were established in these areas and also in the municipalities of Panton, Lancara, and Cesuras; the parishes of Espasantes, Carballedo, and Lamela; and extending through the regions of A Coruña and León in northern Spain. Some students of Judaism in Galicia point out that the name Quiroga originated from the flower in Galicia that's called Queiroga by Sephardic Jews to avoid persecution during the Inquisition. ==Notable Quirogas== *Fray Alvaro de Quiroga, Abbot of the Monastery of Samos *Elena Quiroga (1921–1995), writer, winner of Premio Nadal *Gaspar Rodríguez de Quiroga, Archbishop of Toledo, advisor to King Philip II of Spain and Grand Chancellor of Spain *Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937), author of ''The Decapitated Chicken'', ''The Exile'', and others *Juan Facundo Quiroga (1790–1835), Argentine leader of the Andean provinces *Manuel Quiroga (violinist) (1892–1961), Spanish (Galician) violinist, composer and artist *Manuel Quiroga (1899–1988), pianist, composer and author *Raúl Quiroga, Argentine volleyball player who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics *Ramon Quiroga, Argentine-Peruvian footballer, 1978 Peruvian World Cup player *Robert Quiroga (1969–2004), American boxer *Robert Quiroga (gridiron football) (born 1982), American player of gridiron football *Rodrigo Quiroga, Argentine volleyball player, national team captain *Rodrigo de Quiroga, Captain General, Governor, Mayor of Chile *Rodrigo Lopez de Quiroga, governor of Milan *Ruy Vázquez de Quiroga, Grand Master of the Order of Alcántara * Vasco de Quiroga, First Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) *Arantza Quiroga *Yvette Quiroga, first female Latina mayor of Mendota, CA 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quiroga (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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