page_title: José Joaquín de Iturbide
section_title: Heraldry
hierarchical_section_title: José Joaquín de Iturbide / Heraldry
context_page_description: José Joaquín de Iturbide y Arregui was the father of Agustín de Iturbide who received the title of Prince of the Union during the First Mexican Empire by the Constituent Congress.
  José Joaquín arrived in New Spain with the same objective as many of the Spaniards who resided in Spanish America and who came with the desire to make a fortune. So when arriving in New Spain with his relative Pedro Antonio de Iturbide, he went to Zacatecas, meanwhile José Joaquín went to Valladolid, where he met his paternal uncle, the canon Arregui between 1760 and 1766, who does it administrator of ranches and haciendas of the Church, stories like Irapeo in Morelia, and Toredán of Taretánunas in the Province of San Nicolás, Valladolid.
context_section_description: 1º azure field, three bands of silver.
  2º field of gules, a silver stick and tarnishes him to two natural lions.
  3º field of gules, two golden wolves standing on stick.
  4º azure field, with silver bands.
caption: Coat of arms of the Prince of the Union[3]