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Ancient Catalan lineage. Already in the year 1300 there was a solar house of this name in the town of Sanauja, in the Solsona judicial district (Lérida). One of its branches took root in the 1500s in the town of Berga (Barcelona) and its children spread to other parts of Catalonia. There were also houses of this surname in the place of Mura and in the city of Vic (Barcelona), in the place of Mora and in the town of Falset (Tarragona). The B. were held and reputed in Catalonia by notorious knights, and at various times confirmed the following nobility: Francisco de B. and Aisa, on March 30, 1530; José de B. y Olzina, on July 15, 1652, and José de B. y Descatllar, on March 30, 1706. The aforementioned Francisco de B. y Aisa shone for his virtues, and wore the habit of San Francisco in the last years of his life. José de B. and Olzina, great-grandson of the previous one, was one of those who led the defending troops of Tarragona when General la Motte encircled this square in 1644. José de B. y Descatllar, grandson of the previous José, was an advisor to the artillery corps and the governors of Berga and Puigcerdá in 1742, 1743 and 1748. He also held the political and military command of the Berga party, and Fernando VI appointed him mayor and lieutenant of corregidor of Agramunt and Urgell by document dated in the Buen Retiro on September 28, 1762. The study of the family heraldic shield "speaks" to us of those who formed the origin of family B., because that was their function , that of manifesting its differential elements to others. The enamels of the weapon of the B. proclaim the following values: Gold is the symbol of