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Count Of Bañares
The Count of Bañares is a Imperial, royal and noble ranks, nobility title of the Spain, Kingdom of Spain, created by Henry IV of Castile, Enrique IV of Castile in 1469 and confirmed by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Catholic Monarchs in 1485 in favor of Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, I Duke of Arévalo, I Duke of Béjar and I Duke of Plasencia (title granted over the previous Count of Plasencia, of which he was its II Count). His name refers to the municipality of Bañares, in La Rioja. The title was reinstated by King Alfonso XIII in 1917, in favor of María de las Mercedes de Arteaga y Echagüe, XVII Marquise of Argüeso, XIV Marquisate of Campoo, Marquise of Campoo, XIV Countess of Villada. Counts of Bañares Family tree {{Tree chart/end References Additional sources * AER Archivo SNAHN, Signatura OSUNA,C.221,D.71-80 * ibídem, CP.88,D.2 * Vilar y Pascual, Pág. 481 * AER Archivo SNAHN, Signatura OSUNA,C.122,D.39- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Monarchs Of Spain
The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile () and King Ferdinand II of Aragon (), whose marriage and joint rule marked the '' de facto'' unification of Spain. They were both from the House of Trastámara and were second cousins, being both descended from John I of Castile; to remove the obstacle that this consanguinity would otherwise have posed to their marriage under canon law, they were given a papal dispensation by Sixtus IV. They married on October 19, 1469, in the city of Valladolid; Isabella was 18 years old and Ferdinand a year younger. Most scholars generally accept that the unification of Spain can essentially be traced back to the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella. Their reign was called by W.H. Prescott "the most glorious epoch in the annals of Spain". Spain was formed as a dynastic union of two crowns rather than a unitary state, as Castile and Aragon remained separate kingdoms until the Nueva Planta decrees of 1707–1716. The court of Ferdina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
