Cárdenas

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Cárdenas is a surname generally of Spanish origin, however, the surname has been traced back to 9th century Sicily^{[citation needed]}. The Cárdenas family fled Sicily due to religious persecution and founded a city in Spain called Cárdenas. The name of the city of was later changed to Antequera. During the Spanish Inquisition, the Cárdenas family converted from Judaism to Catholicism. All persons with the surname Cárdenas can trace their origin to the same family (unless a member by marriage).

During the latter part of the 10th century, the Cárdenas family earned influence in the Kalbid court by helping the Arabic invaders undermine and eventually overthrow the Byzantine rule of Sicily. Aiding and cultural mingling among such Sephardic families and Muslim invaders was not uncommon as the tensions between Sephardi and the Byzantine imposed Eastern Orthodoxy were high throughout the Middle Ages.

[edit] Places

 Cuba

• Cárdenas, Cuba
• Bay of Cárdenas

 Mexico

• Cárdenas, San Luis Potosí
• Cárdenas, Tabasco
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán

 Nicaragua

• Cárdenas, Rivas

 Panama

• Cárdenas, Panama

 Spain

• Cárdenas, La Rioja

 Venezuela

• Cárdenas, Táchira

[edit] As a personal name

• Adán Cárdenas, President of Nicaragua
• Agustín Cárdenas, Afro-Cuban sculptor
• Alberto Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• Alejandro Cárdenas, Mexican athlete
• Alejandro Fischer Cárdenas, Colombian Artist
• Carlos Cárdenas, Bolivian footballer
• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• Félix Cárdenas, Colombian cyclist
• Francisco Arias Cárdenas, Venezuelan politician
• García López de Cárdenas, Spanish Conquistador
• Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández, Mexican serial killer
• Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, Mexican politician
• Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, President of Mexico
• Leo Cárdenas, Cuban baseball player
• Martín Cárdenas, Bolivian botanist
• Miguel Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• Osiel Cárdenas, Mexican drug baron
• Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican footballer and coach
• Regla Cárdenas, Cuban heptathlete
• Raymundo Cárdenas, Mexican politician
• Rocío Cárdenas, Mexican actress
• Sherman Cárdenas, Colombian football midfielder
• Tony Cardenas, California politician

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