Roybal, also spelled Roibal, is a Spanish surname. A surname is a name added to a Given name and is part of a Personal name.
History
The name first appears in documents dating to around 1680. One of the first recorded instances is that of Ignacio Roybal, a soldier who traveled with Don Diego de Vargas to reconquer the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico from the Indians after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (born in Spain, 1643 – 1704 commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor Santa Fe ( Navajo: Yootó is the Capital of the state of New Mexico. The' Pueblo Revolt of 1680 or Popé's Rebellion' was an uprising of many Pueblos of the Pueblo people against Spanish colonization of the Americas in Fray Angélico Chávez, a New Mexico historian, is also a descendent of the New Mexico Roybal lineage and was one of the first to trace it. Reverend Fr Fray Angélico Chávez ( April 10 1910 &ndash March 18, 1996) was an American Franciscan Priest Many Roybals trace their ancestry to the New Mexico cities of Santa Fe, Pojoaque, El Rancho, Jacona, to the San Ildefonso Pueblo, where it is shared by Native Americans, and to the historical area of Cuyumungue. Pojoaque ( Tewa: Posunwange, pəˈwɑːki is a Census-designated place (CDP in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States El Rancho is a Census-designated place (CDP in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. San Ildefonso Pueblo ( Tewa: Pohwoge) is a Census-designated place (CDP in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The name also has history in Southern Colorado, Pecos, New Mexico and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Pecos is a village in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Las Vegas is a city in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.
Notable people with the last name Roybal
- J. Roybal, Painter
- Alfonso Roybal (Awa Tsireh), San Ildefonso Pueblo painter
- Antonio Roybal, painter and sculptor
- Edward Roybal, politician
- Ignacio Roibal (Roybal), Spanish soldier with Diego de Vargas from Spain and the owner of the Historic Sena Plaza in Santa Fe
- Louis Roybal, Professional Billiard (Pool) Player and Teacher
- J. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Antonio Roybal (born October 1, 1976) is an American fine-art painter and Sculptor from Santa Fe, New Mexico Edward Ross "Ed" Roybal ( February 10, 1916 &ndash October 24, 2005) was an American politician D. Roybal, Native American painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo
- James Roybal, sculptor
- Josefa Roybal, Native American painter
- Lucille Roybal-Allard, politician
- Max Roybal, New Mexico santero and painter
- Ronald Roybal, Native American flautist
- Don Santiago Roybal, appointed in 1730 by the archbishops of Guadalajara, Mexico to oversee the missions of New Mexico. Lucille Roybal-Allard (born June 12 1941) an American politician has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives Santo (from the Spanish word meaning " Saint " is a traditional New Mexican Genre of religious Sculpture A flautist, flutist, or flute player is a Musician who plays the Flute. Guadalajara (ˌgwɑːdləˈhɑːrə Spanish pronunciation) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Beginning in 1493 the Kingdom of Spain maintained a number of missions throughout Nueva España ( New Spain, consisting of Mexico and portions of what today
- Louie Roybal Jr. , RCDD
- Katherine Roybal, Princess of VA
- Benjamin Roybal, Famous guitarist
Sources
- Motto, Sytha (1973). Old Houses of New Mexico and The People Who Built Them. Albuquerque: Calvin Horn Publisher, Inc. ISBN 0910750246.
- Chávez, Angélico (1974). Reverend Fr Fray Angélico Chávez ( April 10 1910 &ndash March 18, 1996) was an American Franciscan Priest My Penitente Land, Reflections on Spanish New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 208. ISBN 0-8263-0334-X.
- "Roybal, Josefa". National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian. (1995). The Museum. 183. ISBN 0-8212-2216-3.
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