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Duke Of Andría
Duke of Andría () is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility, Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1507 by Ferdinand II of Aragon, Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba), a general who negotiated the Surrender of Granada and led the Spanish to victory in the Italian Wars. It is a victory title, making reference to the town of Andria in the Province of Bari, Italy. After the death of the 1st Duke, Ferdinand II prohibited the inheritance and use of the Dukedoms of Andría, Duke of Terranova, Terranova and Duke of Montalto (title), Montalto and thus the title was unofficially held by some of his Italy, Italian descendants for more than 300 years. However, in 1904, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Alfonso XIII formally rehabilitated the title on behalf of José Alfonso de Bustos, a legitimate descendant of the 1st Duke, who legally became the 2nd Duke of Andría. Dukes of Andría 1507 *Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand II Of Aragon
Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of Castile, he was also King of Castile from 1475 to 1504 (as Ferdinand V). He reigned jointly with Isabella over a Dynastic union, dynastically unified Spain; together they are known as the Catholic Monarchs. Ferdinand is considered the ''de facto'' first king of Spain, and was described as such during his reign, even though, legally, Crown of Castile, Castile and Crown of Aragon, Aragon remained two separate kingdoms until they were formally united by the Nueva Planta decrees issued between 1707 and 1716. The Crown of Aragon that Ferdinand inherited in 1479 included the kingdoms of Kingdom of Aragon, Aragon, Kingdom of Valencia, Valencia, Kingdom of Majorca, Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia, and Kingdom of Sicily, Sicily, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Montalto (title)
Duke of Montalto () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1507 by Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba), a general who negotiated the Surrender of Granada and led the Spanish to victory in the Italian Wars. It is a victory title, making reference to the town of Montalto Uffugo in the Province of Cosenza, Italy. After the death of the 1st Duke, Ferdinand II prohibited the inheritance and use of the Dukedoms of Montalto, Terranova and Andría and thus the title was unofficially held by some of his Italian descendants for more than 300 years. However, in 1904, Alfonso XIII formally rehabilitated the title on behalf of Ricardo de Bustos, a legitimate descendant of the 1st Duke, who legally became the 2nd Duke of Montalto. Dukes of Montalto 1507 * Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Aguilar, 1st Duke of Montalto 1904 *Fernando de Bustos y Ruiz de Arana, 2nd Duke of Montalto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandees Of Spain
Grandees of Spain () are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its Spanish Empire, former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held by extended family, heads of families, having been acquired via strategic marriages between landed families. All grandees, of which there were originally three ranks, are now deemed to be of equal status (''i.e. "of the first class"''); this dignity, designation is nowadays Title of honor, titular, conveying neither power nor legal privileges. A ''grandeza'' (Grandee of Spain, grandeeship) can be held regardless of possession of a title of nobility, however each ''grandeza'' was normally (although not always) granted in conjunction with a noble title. With the exception of Duke of Fernandina, Fernandina, grandezas have been granted with all List of dukes in the peerage of Spain, Spanish ducal titles. Grandees, their consorts and first-born heirs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dukedoms Of Spain
This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Spain, Kingdom of Spain. The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Dukedom of Segorbe, Duke of Segorbe (1469), Duke of Alba (1472), Duke of Escalona (1472), and Duke of the Infantado, Duke of Infantado (1475). Spanish dukes have order of precedence, precedence over other ranks of Spanish nobility, nowadays all holding the court rank of ''Grandeza de España, Grande de España'', ''i.e.'' Grandee Kingdom of Spain, of the Realm. The only exception to this is the Duke of Fernandina, Dukedom of Fernandina, which due to a series of complex rehabilitation processes was never recognised with such title.Salazar y Acha, Jaime de, ''Los grandes de España (siglos XV-XXI)'', Ediciones Hidalguía (Madrid, 2012), p. 474 Dukes in the peerage of Spain See also *Spanish nobility *Grandee, Grandee of Spain *List of vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Grandees Of Spain
Grandees of Spain () are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important historical landed titles in Spain or its Spanish Empire, former colonies. Many such hereditary titles are held by extended family, heads of families, having been acquired via strategic marriages between landed families. All grandees, of which there were originally three ranks, are now deemed to be of equal status (''i.e. "of the first class"''); this dignity, designation is nowadays Title of honor, titular, conveying neither power nor legal privileges. A ''grandeza'' (Grandee of Spain, grandeeship) can be held regardless of possession of a title of nobility, however each ''grandeza'' was normally (although not always) granted in conjunction with a noble title. With the exception of Duke of Fernandina, Fernandina, grandezas have been granted with all List of dukes in the peerage of Spain, Spanish ducal titles. Grandees, their consorts and first-born heirs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dukes In The Peerage Of Spain
This is a list of the 149 present and extant royal and non-royal dukes in the peerage of the Spain, Kingdom of Spain. The oldest six titles – created between 1380 and 1476 – were Duke of Medina Sidonia (1380), Duke of Alburquerque (1464), Dukedom of Segorbe, Duke of Segorbe (1469), Duke of Alba (1472), Duke of Escalona (1472), and Duke of the Infantado, Duke of Infantado (1475). Spanish dukes have order of precedence, precedence over other ranks of Spanish nobility, nowadays all holding the court rank of ''Grandeza de España, Grande de España'', ''i.e.'' Grandee Kingdom of Spain, of the Realm. The only exception to this is the Duke of Fernandina, Dukedom of Fernandina, which due to a series of complex rehabilitation processes was never recognised with such title.Salazar y Acha, Jaime de, ''Los grandes de España (siglos XV-XXI)'', Ediciones Hidalguía (Madrid, 2012), p. 474 Dukes in the peerage of Spain See also *Spanish nobility *Grandee, Grandee of Spain *List of vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso XIII Of Spain
Alfonso XIII ( Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African for his Africanist views, was King of Spain from his birth until 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He became a monarch at birth as his father, Alfonso XII, had died the previous year. Alfonso's mother, Maria Christina of Austria, served as regent until he assumed full powers on his sixteenth birthday in 1902. Alfonso XIII's upbringing and public image were closely linked to the military estate; he often presented himself as a soldier-king. His effective reign started four years after the Spanish–American War, when various social milieus projected their expectations of national regeneration onto him. Like other European monarchs of his time he played a political role, enta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Terranova
Duke of Terranova () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1502 by Ferdinand II to "El Gran Capitán" (Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba), a general who negotiated the Surrender of Granada and led the Spanish to victory in the Italian Wars. It is a victory title, making reference to the town of Terranova Sappo Minulio in the province of Reggio Calabria, Italy. After the death of the 1st Duke, Ferdinand II prohibited the inheritance and use of the Dukedoms of Terranova, Andría and Montalto and thus the title was unofficially held by some of his Italian descendants for more than 300 years. However, on 22 July 1893, Alfonso XIII formally rehabilitated the title on behalf of Alfonso Osorio de Moscoso, a more legitimate descendant who legally became the 2nd Duke of Terranova. Dukes of Terranova 1502 * Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Aguilar, 1st Duke of Terranova 1893 *Alfonso Osorio de Moscoso y Osorio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Nobility
The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Order of Charles III and the Order of Isabella the Catholic. Some members of the Spanish nobility possess various titles that may be inherited or not, but the creation and recognition of titles is legally the prerogative of the monarchy of Spain. Many Spanish titles and noble families still exist and many have transmitted their aristocratic status since the Middle Ages. Some aristocratic families in Spain use the nobiliary particle ''de'' before their family name, although this was more prominent before the 20th century. History 16th century The centralization of the Spanish royal court in early modern Europe reshaped Aristocracy, aristocratic power, shifting influence from regional noble dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Bari
The province of Bari (; ; ) was a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Bari. It has an area of , and a total population of 1,594,109 (2005). On 1 January 2015 it was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Bari. List of ''comuni'' * Acquaviva delle Fonti * Adelfia * Alberobello * Altamura * Bari * Binetto * Bitetto * Bitonto * Bitritto * Capurso * Casamassima * Cassano delle Murge * Castellana Grotte * Cellamare * Conversano * Corato * Gioia del Colle * Giovinazzo * Gravina in Puglia * Grumo Appula * Locorotondo * Modugno * Mola di Bari * Molfetta * Monopoli * Noci * Noicattaro * Palo del Colle * Poggiorsini * Polignano a Mare * Putignano * Rutigliano * Ruvo di Puglia * Sammichele di Bari * Sannicandro di Bari * Santeramo in Colle * Terlizzi * Toritto * Triggiano * Turi * Valenzano * Andria (to Barletta-Andria-Trani in 2009) * Barletta (to Barletta-Andria-Trani in 2009) * Bisceglie (to Barletta-Andria-Trani in 2009) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andria
Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Apulia region of Southern Italy. It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Foggia) and the largest municipality of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It is known for the 13th-century Castel del Monte. Geography The city is located in the area of the Murgia and lies at a distance of from Barletta and the Adriatic coast. Its municipality, the 16th per area in Italy, borders with Barletta, Canosa di Puglia, Corato, Minervino Murge, Ruvo di Puglia, Spinazzola and Trani. History "''...olive trees, and vineyards, unfold, and seem to flee as you pass by; then the sound of a bell strikes your ear - here I am in Andria - here is Andria the wealthy, Andria the most ancient ..Andria the delightful, with beautiful almonds, with beautiful olives''" (Cesare Malpica, The Garden of Italy) Anc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
