Correa (surname)

Correa is a noble Spanish surname, with its origin in Paio Correia (1125 —?), a knight and lord of Farelães,[1] grandfather of Paio Peres Correia, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago; The remaining Correa, Currea and Currelha houses on the Iberian Peninsula flow from them.

Correa or Currea

Legends indicates that Lord Paio Correia who, being surrounded by the Moors, defended himself for so long with his people that he had to feed on leather belts put to soften in water, says the legend that an Eagle passed through the fief and dropped a trout and the count ordered to deliver it as a gift to the Moors who retired.

The second house is located in the Salvaterra de Miño jurisdiction and the third in Aguiar (Lugo). They go to Portugal and spread through Spain creating noble houses in Labata, Belorado, Valdemoro and Cáceres. Labata House obtains the infanzonía for services to the kingdom certified by the Royal Audience of Zaragoza.

From the House of Cáceres came Juan Correa de Soto, married to Catalina Durán and parents of Pedro Correa de Soto, illustrious Captain of Extremadura, the trunk of the last name Correa established in Antioquia. He married in Santa Fe de Bogotá with Olaya Collantes, he went to Antioquia where he served as governor of the province.

Another Noble House derived from that of Salceda, Marquesses de Mos is established in the province of Tunja and Vélez where they hold the position of king's owner. They connect with the noble houses Soler and the surname Mariño de Lobeira in New Granada. The Casa de Salceda is called Currea because of its direct Galician and Portuguese ancestry.