where does the last name hidalgo come from
Spanish
title: Carascon text: Carascon Carascon is an Italian family name of hidalgo or noble Spanish origin. The surname was originally spelled Carrascón (In this form it is still found in Spain and Latin America). The surname was Italianized as Carascon in the early 19th Century. The founder of the Spanish House was Doctor Don Garcia Fernandez de Carrascón (ca 1480-1533), a wealthy Spanish cleric from Ágreda, Spain who was a protonotary apostolic and personal doctor to Pope Adrian VI as well as a canon of the Cathedral of Toledo, Spain. He left his fortune in the form of a mayorazgo or family trust title: Hidalgo (nobility) text: untitled, lower stratum of the nobility who were exempted from taxation. The "Siete Partidas" (Leyes de Partidas), suggests that the word "hidalgo" derives from "itálico" ("italic"), a man with full Roman citizenship. There is no evidence for another popular false etymology (folk etymology) that "hidalgo" is a corruption for "hijo de godo" ("son of the goth"). Every noble was called "Godo" (Goths) in the Kingdoms of Leon, Galicia, Portugal and Castile, as descendants of those from the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo. The "godo" usage became common in the 11th century, when titles of nobility became common; and it remains a title: Carascon text: Alessandro Carascon (1814–1861) moved to Sulmona in the Abruzzi and became a Caffettiere or Cafe-owner. Their descendants have lived in such varied places in Southern Italy as Messina, Naples, Vieste, Sessa Aurunca, Rome, Sulmona and Pacentro. It is a very rare surname, with only a few descendants in Italy, Spain, England, and the United States. Carascon Carascon is an Italian family name of hidalgo or noble Spanish origin. The surname was originally spelled Carrascón (In this form it is still found in Spain and Latin America). The surname was Italianized as Carascon in the early 19th Century. The founder of title: Hidalgo (nobility) text: Hidalgo (nobility) An hidalgo (; ) or a "fidalgo" (, ) is a member of the Spanish or Portuguese nobility; the feminine forms of the terms are "hidalga", in Spanish, and "fidalga", in Portuguese and Galician. In popular usage, the term "hidalgo" identifies a nobleman without a hereditary title. In practice, "hidalgos" were exempted from paying taxes, yet owned little real property. Since the twelfth century, the phrase "fijo d'algo" ("son of something") and its contraction, "fidalgo", were used in the Kingdom of Castile and in the Kingdom of Portugal to identify a type of nobility. In Portugal, the cognate title: Hidalgo, Texas text: Hidalgo, Texas Hidalgo is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,198 at the 2010 census, and in 2016 the estimated population was 13,831. The area that is now Hidalgo was first settled by Spanish colonists led by José de Escandón "circa" 1749. The colony was known by multiple names: La Habitación, Rancho San Luís, and San Luisito. In 1852, John Young settled in the area and renamed the town "Edinburgh" after his place of birth, Edinburgh, Scotland; Edinburgh became the county seat of Hidalgo County. The town was incorporated in 1876, and its name was