Alegría (surname)

Alegría is a Spanish surname native of the Basque Country, Spain. While some authors place the origin of this lineage in Navarre and Vitoria , most writers take as true that its origin comes from the natives of Alegría de Oria, district of Tolosa, in the province of Guipuzkoa .

Branches from the very old houses of the Basque Country and Navarre went to other places in Spain, as some of their knights went to Andalusia to serve the Catholic Monarchs in the conquest of Granada. Others went to Murcia and settled in the town of Totana. The surname then spread to Latin America mostly coming from Navarra.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Alegría (born 1992), Spanish footballer
• María Alegria Continente (born 1977), Spanish politician
• Ciro Alegría (1909–1967), Peruvian journalist, novelist and politician
• Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American astronaut
• Manuel Díez-Alegría (1905-1987), Spanish military
• Josu Anuzita Alegría (1964-), Spanish footballer
• Claribel Alegría (born 1924), Nicaraguan writer
• José María Díez-Alegría (1911-), Spanish priest
• Miguel José de Azanza Alegría (1745-1826), Duke of Santa Fe and Viceroy of New Spain
• Fernando Alegría (1918–2005), Chilean author, diplomat, and academic
• Eduardo Baeza Alegría (1901 - 1981), Spanish doctor and politician;
• Isidro Alegría (1852-1913), Spanish musician
• Miguel Ángel Alegría (1933-), Spanish pelotari
• Raymundo Polanco-Alegría, Dominican Air Force military and businessman
• Jannet Alegría (born 1987), Mexican taekwondo practitioner
• Luis Alegría (born 1980), Chilean footballer
• Mario Alegría, Peruvian politician
• Pedro Alegría, Dominican Republic politician
• Rosa Luz Alegría (born 1949), Mexican physicist
• Sigrid Alegría (born 1974), Chilean actress

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