Valencia Family


The Valencias are a Colombian family of Spanish origin, whose center of business and political influence is the city of Popayán, Cauca.

Origin & genealogy

The Valencia family descends from Pedro de Valencia y Aranda, a Spanish hidalgo. Due to their noble origins, they are one of the few family clans in Colombia that can be considered true aristocrats. The ties of this Valencian family extend from Bajo Cauca to the department of Antioquia, arriving from Popayán in the last third of the last century, the lords Mr. Francisco and Mr. Eladio Valencia Delgado, sons of Mr. José Rafael de Valencia and Mrs. Concepción Delgado, belonging to distinguished Payanes families.
They were married in Medellín with Mrs. Edelmira and Mrs. Virginia Botero Pardo, -daughters of Mr. José María Botero and Mrs. María Josefa Pardo. Its members include a former president of the country -Guillermo León-, and a senator of the republic, Paloma, granddaughter of Guillermo León, as well as politicians, businessmen, writers and renowned men and women in Colombia.
The descendants of the Valencia Family in Antioquia belong to Captain Juan Valencia Ramirez de la Cerda who began to appear at the time of the conquest of Remedios, Antioquia being a native of the Kingdoms of Spain. Said information is confirmed by Captain Hoyos, a neighbor of Remedios Natural of the Kingdoms of Spain and recorded by the chroniclers.

Notable members