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Diego Fernández De Córdoba Y Carrillo De Albornoz
Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo de Albornoz ( – Baena, 5 October 1487) was a Castilian nobleman who held the titles of 2nd Count of Cabra, 2nd Viscount of Iznájar, 4th Lord of Baena and Marshal of Castile. He is best known for leading the Castilians during the Battle of Lucena (1483), in which the last emir of Granada Boabdil was taken prisoner. Biography He was the eldest surviving son of Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor and María Carrillo y Venegas . As a young man, he participated in the attacks on the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada during the first years of the reign of Henry IV of Castile. In 1455, he participated in the conquest of the Vega de Granada, an act for which he received the title of Marshal of Castile. This title was until then held by his father, who in exchange was granted the title of 1st Count of Cabra. Likewise, a few years later Henry IV granted him the town of Alcalá la Real. He continued to participate in Granada campaigns with his father, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baena
Baena is a town and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain located in the Córdoba Province, Spain, province of Córdoba, Andalusia. It is situated near the on the slope of a hill southeast of Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba by road. The population of the town is 20,266 (2012). History The site of the Ancient Rome, Roman town (''Baniana'' or ''Biniana''). In 1833, a subterranean vault was discovered, containing twelve cinerary urns with inscriptions commemorating members of the Pompeia gens, Pompeian family. Following the demise of the Caliphate of Córdoba, the town was ravaged by Berbers, bringing its prosperity to an end. Once conquered Córdoba, Ferdinand III of Castile, Ferdinand III rapidly acquired a number of towns in the Campiña—including Baena—in 1241, probably meeting no resistance. The hill is crowned by fortifications. In 1292, Kingdom of Granada, Nasrid Granada, ruled by Muhammad II of Granada, Muhammad II, unsuccessfully besieged the citadel, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cañete De Las Torres
Cañete de las Torres is a municipality located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. According to the 2006 census ( INE), the city had a population of 3,211 inhabitants. See also * List of municipalities in Córdoba Córdoba is a province in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 77 municipalities. Spanish census, Córdoba is the 20th largest of the 50 provinces by population, with inhabitants, and the 13th largest by land ... References External linksCañete de las Torres- Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía Municipalities in the Province of Córdoba (Spain) {{Andalusia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th-century Castilians
The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian calendar dates from 1 January 1401 (represented by the Roman numerals MCDI) to 31 December 1500 (MD). In Europe, the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the early modern period. Many technological, social and cultural developments of the 15th century can in retrospect be seen as heralding the " European miracle" of the following centuries. The architectural perspective, and the modern fields which are known today as banking and accounting were founded in Italy. The Hundred Years' War ended with a decisive French victory over the English in the Battle of Castillon. Financial troubles in England following the conflict resulted in the Wars of the Roses, a series of dynastic wars for the throne of England. The conflicts ended with the defeat of Richard III by Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field, establishing the Tudor dynasty in the later part of the century. Constantin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Spain
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility.L. G. Pine, Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992. p. 73. . Especially in earlier medieval periods the term often implied not only a certain status, but also that the ''count'' had specific responsibilities or offices. The etymologically related English term "county" denoted the territories associated with some countships, but not all. The title of ''count'' is typically not used in England or English-speaking countries, and the term ''earl'' is used instead. A female holder of the title is still referred to as a ''countess'', however. Origin of the term The word ''count'' came into English from the French language, French ', itself from Latin '—in its Accusative case, accusative form ''comitem''. It meant "companion" or "attendant", and as a title i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1487 Deaths
Year 1487 ( MCDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 29 – Richard Foxe becomes Bishop of Exeter. * March – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, largely on the poor advice of his counselors, declares war on Venice, and seizes silver mines in and around the Sugana Valley. * May 24 – Lambert Simnel is crowned King "Edward VI of England" in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. He claims to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, and challenges Henry VII for the throne of England, where he lands on June 5. * June 16 – Battle of Stoke Field: The rebellion of pretender Lambert Simnel, led by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell, is crushed by troops loyal to Henry VII. * August – Bartolomeu Dias leaves Lisbon, on his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. * August 13 – The Siege of Málaga (1487) ends, when the Spanish take the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Hurtado De Mendoza, 1st Duke Of The Infantado
Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, 1st Duke of the Infantado, or Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Suarez de Figueroa (Guadalajara, Castile, 25 September 1417 – Manzanares el Real, Spain, 25 January 1479) was a Spanish noble. Biography He was the eldest son of the well known literary man of the 15th century, Íñigo López de Mendoza y Lasso de la Vega, (1398–1458), 1st marquis of Santillana since 1447. He became 2nd marquis of Santillana when his father died in 1458. The title Duke of the Infantado was awarded to him by the Catholic Monarchs, Fernando II de Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, on 22 July 1475. This was one of the most important duchies in Spain: around 1535, it was associated to the personal lives of some 90,000 vassal families, perhaps about 3-4% of the people from the whole Peninsular kingdoms constituting by then the actual country described as Spain. At that time, that was an enormous number of people. American conquerors, European and American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Fernández De Córdoba Y Mendoza
Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Mendoza (died 11 August 1525), 3rd Count of Cabra, was a Castilian nobleman. He served with distinction during the war in which the Emirate of Granada was conquered by the forces of Castile and Aragon, and subsequently had great influence in Castile. Family Diego was son of Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Carrillo de Albornoz (c. 1438–1487), 2nd Count of Cabra, Viscount of Iznájar, lord of Baena and of many other manors. His father was one of the most prominent men of late medieval Castile, and under Henry IV of Castile (1425–1474) played a leading role in the conquest of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada. His mother was María Hurtado de Mendoza, daughter of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado, and also of the highest Castilian nobility. Diego's childhood education was mainly concerned with the art of war, and he accompanied his father in the Granada War (1482–1491). Diego's first wife was Beatriz Enriquez de Velasco, cousin of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convento De Santa Marta
The Convento de Santa Marta is a convent in Córdoba, Spain, on Calle de Santa Marta. Founded in 1464, it belongs to the female branch of the order Hieronymites. Architecturally, the convent was built in the "Reyes Católicos" style and is characterized by its quadrangular nave covered by cross vaults, which highlight the altarpiece, made in the year 1582. The arch gives access to the cloister from the gallery and the Marian images An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be displayed through other media, including a project ... both date to the 15th century. The convent has a late-16th-century altarpiece by the sculptor Andres Ocampo and the painter Baltasar del Águila. The roof of the church is made up of vaults and the entire complex is enclosed within a short wall. Burials *Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor, 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of The Army (Toledo)
The Museum of the Army (Spanish: ''Museo del Ejército'') is a military museum in Toledo, Spain, devoted to the history of the Spanish Army. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Defence. The collection was previously housed in Madrid, and the museum opened on its present site in 2010. It occupies two linked buildings, Toledo's historic Alcázar (castle) and a purpose-built extension. History The history of the museum began in 1803 when the royal military museum was established in a building in Madrid known as the Palacio de Monteleón. The building also served as a barracks for artillery units and it was attacked and looted by the French when they suppressed the Dos de Mayo Uprising of 1808. The museum was reestablished, but in 1827 it was divided into two sections: the Museo de Artillería and the Museo de Ingenieros. Later the collections were unified and housed in the Hall of Realms. In the twenty-first century the collections w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Fernández De Córdoba Y Arellano, 1st Marquis Of Comares
Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, 1st Marquis of Comares, (1463 – Oran, now in Algeria, 1518), invested 1st Marquis of Comares in 1512, was Governor of Oran and Mazalquivir, 1509–1512 and 1516–1518, and first Viceroy of Navarre, 1512–1515. He was the son of Martín Fernández de Córdoba y de Sotomayor, born circa 1420, 4th Sieur of Chillon, province of Ciudad Real, 10th Sieur of Espejo, Córdoba, Espejo, 5th Sieur of Lucena, Córdoba, Lucena and Leonor de Arellano y Fernandez de Cordoba, (1446–1531). His maternal uncle was the famous army commander Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, (1453–1515). He married, circa 1480, Juana Pacheco y Portocarrero, a daughter of Juan Pacheco 1st Duke of Escalona (1419–1474), a notorious political troublemaker and his first wife, Lady Maria Portocarrero y Enriquez-Mendoza, (circa 1430 - 1470), 6th Lady of Moguer from a powerful shipowners family. In 1482 he played an important role in the conquest of the fortress of Alhama de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella I Of Castile
Isabella I (; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: ''Isabel la Católica''), was Queen of Castile and List of Leonese monarchs, León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II of Aragon, Ferdinand II. Reigning together over a Dynastic union, dynastically unified Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand are known as the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Catholic Monarchs. Her reign marked the end of Reconquista and also the start of Spanish Empire and dominance of Spain over European Politics for the next century. After a struggle to claim the throne, Isabella reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate down, and unburdened the kingdom of the debt which her half-brother King Henry IV of Castile, Henry IV had left behind. Isabella's marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 created the basis of the ''de facto'' unification of Spain. Her reforms and those she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Fernández De Córdoba
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1 September 1453 – 2 December 1515) was a Spanish general and statesman. He led military campaigns during the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars, after which he served as Viceroy of Naples. For his extensive political and military success, he was made Duke of Santángelo (1497), Duke of Terranova, Terranova (1502), Duke of Andría, Andría, Duke of Montalto (title), Montalto and Duke of Sessa, Sessa (1507), and earned the nickname ''El Gran Capitán'' ("The Great Captain"). Held as one of the greatest generals in history, he became the first European to decisively employ firearms on the battlefield, and among the first to reorganize the infantry with Pike and shot, pikes and firearms in effective defensive and offensive formations. He developed them as part of a combined arms doctrine including fields as disparate as cavalry, artillery, fortifications, Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla, Siege, siegecraft and diplomacy. The changes implemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
