<P> The name derives from the name Saenz, Saens, as Sainz and Saez . This is because in ancient chronicles and documents the members of the same family were sometimes cited as Saenz or Saez, so it is sometimes considered to be the same surname . </P> <P> The Saenz house name appears on the work of Joseph Maria Mena, "Surname Shields of Seville and Cordoba that went to the Indias". The surnames of Seville come mostly from the two hundred knights of lineage that recaptured Seville in 1248, accompanying the king San Fernando . These name is from a pre-invasion of Spain by the Moors, that is, going back to Visigoth period (7th to 9th century). </P> <P> Its origin is cited in the mountains of Santander, but also had lineage in Vizcaya, La Rioja and Navarra . What does appear clear is the enormous difficulty for joint research to those patronymic surname (habitation surname) derived from large families that carry no kinship links between them . In the mountains of Santander there are two houses of this lineage, "Nestares" place in 1545 and the "de Rozas", in 1590 . Both duly proved their nobility . </P> <P> Another family named Saenz de Larramendi had the Legaria house in Navarra . A family stood in Riaza, Segovia, proving its nobility in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid . As an example of Saenz there is the quote of a character from the American line, Manuela Saenz, a politically absolutist regent that was a minister of state and regain power from Fernando VII that appointed him minister but had to be forcefully taken out of power by external representatives because of to the intensity and toughness that was dedicated to pursue liberal elements . </P>

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