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The arms were designed
by the Armiger himself; the image shown here was created by Valery P.
Yegorov, St. Andrew Principal Herald Master of the Collegium
Heraldicum Russiae. The shield is based on the historic flag of
Valencia, Spain, which city is the source of the Armiger's toponymic
surname. Each charge is separately symbolic of the Armiger’s given
name, middle name, confirmation name and surname. The crest reflects
the Armiger's greatest intellectual passion, Augustan poetry. The
Latin motto, from an elegy by the Roman poet, Sextus Propertius,
conveys a heavenly promise for the pure in heart.
Born, raised and residing in Baltimore, Maryland, the Armiger is a
magna cum laude graduate of Duke University and of the Vanderbilt
University School of Law. While at Duke University, the Armiger was a
member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon social fraternity and the Alpha Phi
Omega national service fraternity. While at the Vanderbilt University
School of Law, the Armiger was an intern to United States District
Court Judge John T. Nixon and to United States Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals Judge Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr. The Armiger is also the author
of two published law review articles and is a member of the bars of
Maryland and of the District of Columbia.
Currently a Senior Vice President and the General Counsel for an
international security firm, the Armiger is married to Elizabeth
Augusta Winter Valencia, née Wiedmann, a fifth generation direct
lineal granddaughter of United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John
Marshall and his wife, Mary Willis Ambler Marshall. The Armiger and
his wife are the parents of Cornelia Ambler Valencia and Nicholas
Marshall Valencia, each of whom is rightfully eligible to usage of the
arms set forth here. A member of the St. Thomas More Society and of
the Circle of Maecenas, the Armiger is also a Life Member of the
Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Maryland and of the Order
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