Brenes (surname)

Brenes is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Historically Brenes was a Magyar name. The Brenes clan was among the first of the Magyars to cross over the Carpathian Mountains, in the 13th Century. They were answering the call of the Catholic Prince of Moravia for warriors, to defend his principality from Muslim invaders. 
In the 15th Century, Two Brenes brothers lead an army to Spain, to join the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, in the war to expel the Muslims from Andalusia. They were rewarded with a large tract of land in Sevilla, the location of the town, Brenes. 
In the 17th Century, two Brenes brothers were given land grants in Costa Rica, the last Spanish Colony to be established in the New World. 