Extremadura, not to be confused with the Estremadura of Spain which is 300kms away.

Ferdinand died at Madrigalejo in Estremadura on the 23rd of January 1516.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born in 1475, in Jerez de los Caballeros, Estremadura, and was executed January 12, 1519, in Acla, Panama.

All the following are patron saints of Spain:

•James the Greater

•John of Avila

•Our Lady of Guadalupe of Estremadura

•Our Lady of Montserrat

•Our Lady of Ransom

•Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa

•Teresa of Avila

The name comes from Spain. There are two places or regions which can host the name; 1) Estremera itself, a nearby town in Madrid or 2) The province os Estremadura, which is located in the sown west, adjoining Portugal. This province is also known as Extremadura and there are variations of the surnames such as Extremera