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'''Kindelan''' is a surname of [[Irish language|Irish]] origin that has been adopted into [[Spanish language|Spanish]].
The extended Kindelan Family originated in Ireland and hosted a clan gathering there in August 2013<ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kindelan+family+gathering&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU2cf7vLDdAhVsAsAKHVtwDxoQ7Al6BAgFEA8&biw=1440&bih=758 2013 images] of reunion</ref> and in 2015 in Cordoba.<ref>[http://www.reunionkindelan.16mb.com/ Cordoba Reunion 2015]</ref> Up to the mid-18th century it was common for Irish citizens to enroll in the Irish Brigades of Spain or France, individuals being known as [[Flight of the Wild Geese|"wild geese"]]; this was especially so after the [[Treaty of Limerick]] which ended the [[Williamite War in Ireland|Williamite War]].
About 1700 (date uncertain), Michael Kindelan (born 1674 in [[Ballinakill]]–died 1720)  married Cecelia Lutrell of [[Luttrellstown Castle|Luttrellstown]] near Dublin; their son Vincent was born at Castle Ricard, County Meath in 1710.<ref>{{cite web|title=Descendants of Edward Kindelan Third Generation|url=http://www.reunionkindelan.16mb.com/descendants/aqwg03.htm#130|work=Reunionkindelan,com|accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref>
Vincent (Vicente) became one of these wild geese and fathered both Sebastian and Juan in the 1750s in Spain. He married Maria Francisca O'Regan y MacManus, daughter of Mauricio O'Regan and Rosa MacManus, on 15 Apr 1741 in [[Fraga]]. Vincent is credited as the forebear of all the Spanish Kindelans, and of many in the Americas.<ref name="Vicent1995">{{cite book|author=Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|title=Pleitos de hidalguía que se conservan en el Archivo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid: Maceira-Martinez Ballesteros|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYxflpkFpMQC&pg=PA22|accessdate=26 July 2013|year=1995|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-87204-69-2|page=22}}</ref>
==People==
* [[Alfredo Kindelán]] (1879 - 1962), a Spanish general and politician
* [[Jean de Kindelan|Jean de Kindelán]], (1759 - 1822) Spanish army officer in service of Napoleon
* [[Mario Kindelán]], a Cuban boxer
* [[Orestes Kindelán]], a Cuban baseball player
* [[Sebastián Kindelán y O’Regan]] (1757–1826) Governor of East Florida, Dominican Republic and Cuba
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