| Genealogy Research The Correa Family in Puerto Rico Research for the Correa Surname has traced the family to Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Historical records indicate that, The Villa of Antonio El Captain Correa in Arecibo, Puerto Rico was named after a Spanish military Captain that fought and defeated a British invasion in 1702. He is my 8th Generation Great Grandfather on my mothers side. He married Estephania Colon de Luyando (my 8th generation Great Grandmother). Details indicate that the family quickly moved to other towns in Puerto Rico including Isabela. Details also indicate that the Correa family ties into the Colon Family by way of Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon). The Correa Family to the Royal Houses of Spain The ancestry of Antonio El Capitan Correa on his mothers side (Francisca Menendez De Valdes),follows into The Royal Houses of Castile, Aragon, and Leon in Spain, by way of his grandmother Isabel de Castro Hinestrosa, (my 10th generation great grandmother)to De La Cerda y Mendoza, down to King Alfonso X of Castile and Yolanda Aragon (my 15th generation great grandfather and grandmother). Then to King Ferdinand III and Beatriz Von Hohenstaufen (my 16th generation great grandfather and grandmother). James I of Aragon, to Alfonso IX and Berengaria of Castile. The Correa Family to the The Holy Roman Empire The lineage of Beatriz Von Hohenstaufen and Ferdinand III King of Castile (my 16th generation great grandmother and grandfather) follows into The Holy Roman Empire and The Byzantine Empire. Beatriz Von Hohenstaufen's father was The Holy Roman Emperor Philip of Swabia who married Irene of Byzantium (my 17th generation great grandmother and grandfather). Philip of Swabia's, father was Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa who married Beatrix of Burgundy (France)(my 18th generation great grandfather and grandmother). The Correa Family to The Byzantine Empire - First Period The Correa lineage follows into The Comnenus and Angelus 1st Line of the Byzantine Empire with Irene of Byzantium (my 17th generation great grandmother) by way of Angelus Isaac II, Byzantine Emperor (my 18th generation great grandfather). Angelus Isaac II was son of Andronicus Angelus of Rome and Euphrosyne Castamonita (my 19th generation great grandmother and grandfather). Andronicus Angelus of Rome was son of Constantine Angelus and Theodora Comnenus (my 20th generation great grandmother and grandfather). Theodora Comnenus, was daugther of Alexius I Comnenus and Irene Ducena (my 21st generation great grandfather and grandmother). Alexius I Comnenus,ruled Constantinople (The Byzantine Empire) from 1081 until his death in 1118. His daughter, Anna Comnenus (great aunt) was considered the first female historian and wrote "The Alexiad," a fifteen volume history of the Comnenus Family. Alexius I Comnenus, was son of John Comnenus, and Anna Dalasenna (my 22nd generation great grandfather and grandmother). Irene Ducena was daugther of Andronicus Dukas and Maria of Bulgaria (also my 22nd generation great grandmother, and grandfather). The Correa Family to the Royal House of England The Correa family lineage enters into the Angevin and Plantagenet Dynasties of the The Royal Houses of England (1154 through 1399)and the Royal Houses of Spain by marriage. The father of King Ferdinand III (my 16th generation great grandfather) was Alfonso IX, King of Castile and Leon who married Berengaria of Castile( my 17th generation great grandfather and grandmother). Berengaria's, mother and father where King Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet of The Plantagenets,of The Royal House of England (my 18th generation great grandmother and grandfather). Their marriage united the Royal House of Spain and The Royal House of England. Eleanor Plantagenet, was born in 1162 to, King Henry II Curtmantle of England,and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (my 19th generation great grandmother and grandfather.) |
The Correa Family of Puerto Rico
Updated July 15, 2003 |
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