The Abravanel family (also spelled as Abarbanel or Abrabanel) is one of the oldest and most distinguished
Jewish families of the
Iberian peninsula; they trace their origin from the biblical
King David. Members of this family lived in
Seville, where its oldest representative, Don Judah Abravanel, dwelt. Samuel Abravanel, his grandson, settled in
Valencia, and Samuel's son, Judah (or perhaps himself), left for
Portugal. Isaac, the son of Judah, returned to
Castile, where he lived until the time of the great expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Then, with his three sons, Judah, Joseph, and Samuel, Isaac went to
Italy. Their descendants, as well as other members of the family who arrived later from the Iberian peninsula, lived in the
Netherlands,
England,
Turkey, and elsewhere during and since the
sixteenth century.
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