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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: jAQUES/HUGUENOTS?/ORIGINS
« on: Sunday 15 July 18 15:07 BST (UK) »
Jacques,
name of Jewish origin. After some research, I discovered that Jaca is on the top of the Pyrenees in Spain, bordering France. From there all Jacques left for France in the year 1469 by decree of the Catholic kings Fernando de Aragón and Isabel de Castella. The mountains of Jaca (meaning mountain of Jacob, hence the name Jacques, or the originators of Jaca).
Jaca is a beautiful, very medieval town and was the first capital of the kingdom of Aragon. In the middle ages there were three great synagogues there.
name of Jewish origin. After some research, I discovered that Jaca is on the top of the Pyrenees in Spain, bordering France. From there all Jacques left for France in the year 1469 by decree of the Catholic kings Fernando de Aragón and Isabel de Castella. The mountains of Jaca (meaning mountain of Jacob, hence the name Jacques, or the originators of Jaca).
Jaca is a beautiful, very medieval town and was the first capital of the kingdom of Aragon. In the middle ages there were three great synagogues there.