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Alonso De Grado
Alonso de Grado was a Spanish Hidalgo (nobility), hidalgo, explorer, and conqueror of the 16th century, who participated with Hernan Cortés in the conquest of the Aztec Empire. He was born in Alcántara (Province of Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain) around 1490. He was described as: "Of short and sturdy complexion. Broad. Thick skin. Clear mind and little doctrine. Clever, canny, fearless, and bit haughty".Díaz del Castillo, Bernal (1963) [1632]. The Conquest of New Spain. Penguin Classics. J. M. Cohen (trans.) (6th printing (1973) ed.). Harmondsworth, England Other companion described him as: "A noisy man, frivolous, but brave and sharp", " a man of many skills and talents, but with a restless soul".Antonio de Solis, "Historia de la Conquista de Méjico", Madrid, 1829 Cousin of Diego Pizarro (conqueror), Diego Pizarro, he departed for the new world out of adventure lust. Conquest of the Aztec Empire Captain De Grado was one of the few Spanish who dismembered with Cortés in Anahuac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidalgo (nobility)
An ''hidalgo'' (, ) or a ''fidalgo'' (, ) is a member of the Spanish or Portuguese nobility; the feminine forms of the terms are ''hidalga'', in Spanish, and ''fidalga'', in Portuguese and Galician. In popular usage, the term ''hidalgo'' identifies a nobleman without a hereditary title. In practice, ''hidalgos'' were exempted from paying taxes, yet owned little real property. Etymology Since the twelfth century, the phrase ''fijo d'algo'' (lit. son of something) and its contraction, ''fidalgo'', were used in the Kingdom of Castile and in the Kingdom of Portugal to identify a type of nobility. In Portugal, the cognate remained ''fidalgo'', which identified nobles of a similar status to a ''hidalgo'' in Spain. In the Kingdom of Aragón, the ''infanzón'' was the noble counterpart of the Castilian hidalgo. The pronunciation changes in Spanish occurred during the late Middle Ages, the letter-F sounding was lost, and replaced with the letter-H spelling and pronunciation of ''hida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
