Narciso Claveriá y Zalduá

Claveria

Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa was Lieutenant General of the Royal Armies and Captain General of the Philippine Islands. He was made Conde de Manila on July 29, 1848.

Description and symbolism: Argent, the Cross of the Trinitarian Order, in the first and fourth quarters a key argent, in the second and third a Moro head proper each bearing a turban charged of a crescent argent, within a bordure azure inscribed CLA in chief, VE in center and RIA in base.

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Assumed/granting authority: Spanish Crown, July 29, 1848.

Artist: Unknown.

Description and image from Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobilarios Españoles via Sebastian Nelson at the International Heraldry Society Facebook group.

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