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Illescas
Illescas may refer to: Places * Illescas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico * Illescas Peninsula, Peru * Cerro Illescas, Peru * Illescas, Toledo, a municipality in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain * Illescas, Florida, village in Uruguay * Illescas, Lavalleja, village in Uruguay People * Fernando de Illescas (died 1419), Spanish Franciscan and diplomat * Gonzalo de Illescas (bishop) (died 1464), Spanish monk and royal advisor * Gonzalo de Illescas (historian) (1518–1583), Spanish historian * Miguel Illescas (born 1965), Spanish chess Grandmaster Sports *CB Illescas, Spanish professional basketball team {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illescas, Toledo
Illescas is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha. The municipality spans across a total area of 56.75 km2 and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 30,229, which makes it the third most populated municipality in the province. It belongs to the traditional ''comarca'' of La Sagra. Name The first name reported in the middle ages was that of ''Elesches''. Ensuing variations include ''Ilesches'', ''Ilescas'', ''Ailescas'', ''Hilesques'', ''Ylesches'' and ''Hylesques''. A tentative identification with ''Egelesta'', mentioned in classical sources such as Ptolemy, has been proposed. It may be thus related to the Iberian-Basque 'egi-' ("hill line", "hillside"), whereas other authors relate ''Illescas'' to the proto-indoeuropean 'il' ("city"). History Placed within the municipal limits to the southwest of the town, El Cerrón archaeological site was a Carpetani settlement. Illescas was acquired by Alfonso VII fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Illescas
Miguel Illescas Córdoba (born December 3, 1965 in Barcelona) is a Spanish chess grandmaster. Chess career Illescas was a highly skilled player as a youngster and became junior champion of Catalonia at the age of 12. A trained computer scientist, chess remained his real passion and continued progress brought him an International Master title in 1986, followed by the Grandmaster title in 1988. Illescas rapidly became Spain's strongest and most consistent player over many years, registering his country's highest ever Elo rating (2620) in 1993, making him at the time, world number 26. His 1993 match with Ljubomir Ljubojević ended 4-4, with all eight games drawn. Around this time, he established his own chess school - ''La Escuela de Ajedrez de Miguel Illescas'', or EDAMI for short. The school is flexibly structured and allows for students to learn at sessions held in the schools around Barcelona, or on the internet or as private lessons. EDAMI also acts as a chess supplier and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illescas Peninsula
Illescas is a peninsula in northwestern Peru. It forms the southern boundary of the Sechura Bay, the largest bay in Peru. Sechura Bay also includes the northernmost portion of the Pacific Ocean that is under the influence of the Peru-Chile or Humboldt Current. The Illescas Peninsula is located in the department of Piura, and is scarcely inhabited. Part of Illescas was declared a reserved zone. "Zona Reservada Illescas en Piura" (in Spanish), retrieved on February 1, 2014 Illescas is also the name given to the highest point of the peninsula (500 m.), the Cerro Illescas. A mountain between sea and a flatland desert The Peninsula and Cerro Illescas are located more than 150 km west of the Andes, in the middle of a flatland desert, the |
Gonzalo De Illescas (bishop)
Gonzalo de Illescas (died 22 October 1464) was a Hieronymite monk, an advisor to King John II of Castile from 1435 until 1454 and the bishop of Córdoba from 1454 until his death. Royal advisor Gonzalo was born early in the 15th century in Illescas, Toledo, Illescas in the archdiocese of Toledo.Ángel Fuentes Ortiz"La capilla de Gonzalo de Illescas en el Monasterio de Guadalupe: un proyecto de Egas Cueman recuperado" ''Archivo Español de Arte'' 90.358 (2017): 107–124. He was a relative of Archbishop of Toledo, through whom he obtained several privileges for the monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe, where he was a monk. In 1435, the monastery was visited by King John II of Castile, John II and Queen Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Mary, whose confessor at the time was the prior, Pedro de las Cabañuelas. The royal couple was impressed by Gonzalo and he was able to obtain several royal privileges for the monastery.Ignacio de Madrid and Guillermo Fernando Arquero Caballero"Ille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando De Illescas
Fernando González Fernández ( 1380–1419), called Fernando de Illescas, was a Franciscan confessor, reformer and bibliophile, one of the most influential churchmen in Castile during the reigns of John I and Henry III, whom he served as a diplomat. A partisan of the Avignon Papacy at the height of the Western Schism, he attended the Council of Perpignan (1408) and the Council of Constance (1416), but played only a minor role in trying to end the schism. Life Fernando was born in Illescas in the second half of the 14th century to Alfonso González and Mencía Fernández. He adopted his birthplace as a toponymic surname upon entering the Franciscan order. He had two brothers, Juan and Alfonso, who became bishop of Zamora and bishop of Burgos, respectively. Another relative, Diego Díaz, studied canon law in Avignon. Diplomatic mission concerning the schism John I, who succeeded in 1379, named Fernando his confessor and almost immediately sent him with two others, Ruy Bernárdez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo De Illescas (historian)
Gonzalo de Illescas (1521–1574?) was a Spanish historian and abbot. Born in Dueñas, Palencia province, he was abbot of San Frontís de Zamora. He studied at Salamanca, and may have earned a degree in theology. He traveled in Italy (Venice, 1550; Rome, 1551). He translated works from Latin and composed and published in various editions a ''Historia pontifical y cathólica'' (''Pontifical and Catholic History''). It recounts the lives of the popes from Saint Peter to Boniface VIII (1301), as well as the Visigothic Kings, the Kings of Castile, and the Kings of Portugal This is a list of Portuguese monarchs who ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal, in 1139, to the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy and creation of the Portuguese Republic with the 5 October 1910 revolution. Through the nea .... Further reading *Fernández, Tomás; Tamaro, Elena"Biografia de Gonzalo de Illescas".''Biografías y vidas: la enciclopedia biográfica en línea''. Barcelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro Illescas
Cerro is Spanish for "hill" or "mountain". Toponyms ;Bolivia: * Cerro Rico, the "Rich Mountain" containing silver ore near Potosi, Bolivia ;Brazil: *Cerro Branco, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul *Cerro Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul * Cerro Largo, a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul ;Chile * Cerro de Los Inocentes, in the Juan Fernández Islands ;Cuba: * Cerro, Havana, a district (''municipio'') ;Italy: *Cerro (Bottanuco), a subdivision of Bottanuco in the province of Bergamo *Cerro al Lambro, in the province of Milano * Cerro al Volturno, in the province of Isernia * Cerro Maggiore, in the province of Milano *Cerro Tanaro, in the province of Asti * Cerro Veronese, in the province of Verona ;Mexico: * Cerro Potosí ;United States: * Cerro, New Mexico ;Uruguay: * Cerro Largo Department * Villa del Cerro, in Montevideo * Fortaleza del Cerro, in Montevideo Football clubs * C.A. Cerro, a football club from Montevideo, Uruguay * Clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |