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El Carpio is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Spain. According to the 2006
El Carpio
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census
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), the city has a population of 4,477 inhabitants.
History
El Carpio was tied to theKingdom of Castile
The Kingdom of Castile (; es, Reino de Castilla, la, Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region. It began in the 9th centu ...
as early as the 1300s when the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio was founded in 1325 by Garcí Méndez II de Sotomayor
García Méndez de Sotomayor or Garcí Méndez II de Sotomayor, the second of his name (1280 – ?) was a Castilian noble and head of the Méndez branch of the House of Sotomayor who founded the Lordship del Castillo de Carpio.
Family origi ...
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The Señorio del Castillo de Carpio was elevated to the level of the Marquesado del Carpio granted by King Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...
in 1559. The title was bestowed upon Diego Lopez de Haro y Sotomayor on 20 January 1559 in recognition of his services to the crown. Grandeeship was conferred onto the Marquesado by King Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered f ...
in 1640 which was granted to Diego de Haro y Haro, V Marques del Carpio and Conde de Morente.
See also
* Señorio del Castillo de Carpio * Marquesado del CarpioReferences
External links
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