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José Selva Mergelina
José María de Selva y Mergelina Mergelina y Llorens, 5th Marquess of Villores (1884–1932) was a Spanish Carlist politician. Family and youth José María de Selva y Mergelina Mergelina y Llorens was a descendant of two Levante, Spain, Levantine landowner families of Selva and Mergelina. Both have been dominant in the Alicante (province), Alicantine town of Villena and inter-married a few times over the centuries. His ancestors and relatives can be traced back to the 16th century, some of them notable figures in Spanish history. His paternal grandfather Rafael Selva López de Oliver (1820-1878) served as alcalde of the town. The family supported the Carlists since the First Carlist War; José's father, Enrique Selva Mergelina López de Oliver y Selva (1852-1923), was in the late 19th century a vice-president of the Valencian Carlist Junta Provincial. José's mother, María de la Trinidad Mergelina Llorens (1851-1924), was cousin of the Carlist Valencian leader Joaquín Llorén ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villena
Villena () is a city in Spain, in the Valencian Community. It is located at the northwest part of Alicante (province), Alicante, and borders to the west with Castilla-La Mancha and Region of Murcia, Murcia, to the north with the province of Valencia and to the east and south with the province of Alicante. It is the capital of the Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca of the Alto Vinalopó. The municipality has an area of 345.6 km² and a population of 34,928 inhabitants as of Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE 2008. There is evidence of settlement in the area from Middle Paleolithic. However, it is on dispute if the current city dates from Visigoths, visigothic times or before, though certainly it existed in the 11th century, during the al-Andalus, Muslim period. After the Reconquista, Christian conquest, it became Seigneury of Villena, Seigneury, Principality, Duchy and finally Marquisate, until the people, encouraged by the Catholic Monarchs, revolted ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
