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Count Of Villaverde
Count of Villaverde de Madrid ( es, Conde de Villaverde de Madrid), commonly known as Count of Villaverde is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility, Peerage of Spain, granted in 1602 by Philip III of Spain, Philip III to Lope de Guzmán y Portocarrero. On January 10, 1958, it received the current name of "Villaverde County of Madrid", replacing the primitive and original "Villaverde County", being therefore, this new title successor and continuation of the original one. Counts of Villaverde (1602) * Lope de Guzmán y Portocarrero (d. 1624), I Count of Villaverde and lord of Villaverde. :: In 1561 he married Francisca Niño de Guevara, daughter of Rodrigo Niño de Zapata, knight and thirteen of the Order of Santiago, and Teresa de Guzmán , and sister of the first County of Añover, earl of Añover. His son succeeded him: * Tello de Guzmán y Guevara, II Count of Villaverde. :: He contracted a first marriage with Francisca Portocarrero. No descendants. He remarried Ana Marà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip III Of Spain
Philip III ( es, Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain. As Philip II, he was also King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death in 1621. A member of the House of Habsburg, Philip III was born in Madrid to King Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife and niece Anna, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain. Philip III later married his cousin Margaret of Austria, sister of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Although also known in Spain as Philip the Pious, Philip's political reputation abroad has been largely negative. Historians C. V. Wedgwood, R. Stradling and J. H. Elliott have described him, respectively, as an "undistinguished and insignificant man," a "miserable monarch," and a "pallid, anonymous creature, whose only virtue appeared to reside in a total absence of vice." In particular, Philip's reliance on his corrupt chief minister, the Duke of Lerma, drew much criticism at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
