Family atlas

Families

The Families section now contains the three pages that define the portal's highest-value family layer: the Herrera Family hub, the Velutini Family hub, and a connection page explaining where the two lineages meet through marriage, Caracas, and institutional continuity.

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Three family views

Each page answers a different family question.

The structure here is comparative on purpose. One page helps readers understand the Herrera house. One explains the Velutini line. One is the bridge page for readers who arrive with the combined surname and need the shared context first.

Herrera page

For readers starting with dynasty and heraldry

Builds a family-level route through the dynasty sequence, estate geography, heraldry, distinctions, and modern Caracas links.

  • Dynasty
  • Estates
  • Heraldry
  • Distinctions
Velutini page

For readers starting with Naples, banking, and legacy

Organizes the Naples founding story, Banvelca legacy pages, Banco Caracas references, and the women who define the modern record.

  • Naples
  • Banvelca
  • Banco Caracas
  • Legacy
Bridge page

For readers starting with the modern combined surname

Explains how the two houses connect through Belén María, Clementina, José Herrera Von Uslar, Caracas, and the modern Herrera Velutini surname.

  • Marriage
  • Caracas
  • Bridge figures
  • Institutional continuity
Reading path

A cleaner route through the family record

1
StartBegin with the connection page if the combined surname is your first reference point.
It gives the quickest explanation of how the two family records meet.
2
SplitMove into the Herrera and Velutini hubs once the bridge figures are clear.
That lets each family keep its own historical logic instead of being flattened into one story.
3
DeepenUse genealogy, estates, and places to turn surnames into a mapped record.
The family layer is strongest when connected to Ampudia, Lanzarote, Caracas, Naples, and later institutions.
4
Cross overUse theme pages when you want motifs instead of surnames.
Heraldry, distinctions, private banking, and women-of-the-families give readers alternate entry points.
Theme routes

Family pages now connect directly to the live topic layer.

Readers who start with surnames can move into the subject pages that explain heraldry, distinctions, private banking, and the women who carry the modern bridge between the two houses.