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Hidalguía universal del valle de Baztán

Baztan, Baztan-Bidasoa, Navarra

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Hidalguía universal del valle de Baztán

Historical milestone · Baztan, Baztan-Bidasoa, Navarra

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In 1397 King Charles III of Navarre declared that the inhabitants of the valley should be upheld in their status of 'fidalguía e infançonía', a universal hidalguía (petty nobility) that allowed any resident to bear the valley's black-and-white checkered coat of arms. Tradition attributes the design of the coat of arms — evoking the idea that war was, for them, a game of chess — to kings Sancho Abarca or Sancho VII el Fuerte after the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212).

1397

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