The Noble Company was founded around the year 1350 in the town of Alfaro , La Rioja, Spain . Membership in the Noble Company has always been considered a “positive act of nobility”, confirming the Crossbow Knights as hidalgos with “nobility of blood and arms”.
Although the Noble Company has had a continuous existence since its inception in the 14th century, as confirmed by various governmental, notarial and archdiocesan records it was officially registered with the Government of La Rio Jain 1999; its revised and modernised statutes were approved in April 2004. Under the command of the President Alcaide, Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Marqués de La Floresta, the Noble Company maintains the military tradition.
