Carrión (surname)

Carrión (surname)

Carrión was taken as surname by Alonso Carreño during the times of Alfonso II "El Casto" (791-842) after reclaiming the Spanish villa of Carrión de los Condes from the Moors by way of a "Trojan Horse" tactic.

See Carrion (disambiguation) for a list of famous people with this surname.

External links

* [http://webs.ono.com/carrioncondes/reconqui.htm]


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