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Duke Of Lécera
Duke of Lécera () is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility, Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1493 by Ferdinand II of Aragon to Juan Fernandez de Hijar y Cabrera, Juan Fernández de Híjar. The title makes reference to the small town of Lécera in Province of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. Dukes of Lécera (1493) * Juan Fernandez de Hijar y Cabrera, Juan Fernández de Híjar y Cabrera, 1st Duke of Lécera * Luis Fernández de Híjar y Beaumont, 2nd Duke of Lécera * Juan Francisco Fernández de Hijar, 3rd Duke of Lécera * Isabel Margarita Fernández de Híjar y Castro-Pinós, 4th Duchess of Lécera * Jaime Francisco Sarmiento de Silva, 5th Duke of Lécera * Juana Petronila de Silva y Aragón, 6th Duchess of Lécera * Isidro Francisco Fernández de Híjar y Silva, 7th Duke of Lécera * Joaquín Diego de Silva y Moncada, 8th Duke of Lécera * Pedro de Alcántara Fernández de Híjar y Abarca de Bolea, 9th Duke of Lécera * Agustín Ped ...
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COA Duke Of Hijar
COA or CoA may refer to: Organizations * Andorran Olympic Committee (Catalan: ''Comitè Olímpic Andorrà'') * Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: ''Comité Olímpico Argentino'') * Aruban Olympic Committee (Papiamento: ''Comité Olímpico Arubano'') * Canadian Osteopathic Association, a professional association of osteopathic physicians in Canada * Chicago Options Associates, an American company that specializes in trading options and futures contracts * Clowns of America International, an American organization that represents clowns * Committee of Administrators (CoA), oversaw the reform in 2017 of the Board of Control for Cricket in India * Council of Agriculture, agriculture-related institution in Taiwan * Council of Architecture, an Indian governmental organization that registers architects in the country * Community Oncology Alliance, an American non-profit that advocates for independent, community oncology providers and patients. * Continental Airlines, by ICAO airlin ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Juan Fernandez De Hijar Y Cabrera
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (foo ...
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Grandee
Grandee (; , ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neither country did they have the significant constitutional political role the House of Lords gave to the Peerage of England, of Peerage of Great Britain, Great Britain and of the Peerage of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. A "grandee of Spain" nonetheless enjoyed greater social privileges than those of other similar European dignities. With the exception of Duke of Fernandina, Fernandina, List of dukes in the peerage of Spain, all Spanish dukedoms are automatically attached to a grandeeship, yet only a few marquessates, Count (title), countships, List of viscounts in the peerage of Spain, viscountcies, List of barons in the peerage of Spain, baronies and List of lords in the peerage of Spain, lordships have the distinction. A single person can be a grandee of S ...
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Lécera
Lécera is a municipality located in the Campo de Belchite comarca, Zaragoza (province), province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 777 inhabitants. History Lécera is known for the Treaty of Lécera (''Tratado de Lécera'' or ''Convenio de Segura'') between Generals Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, Cabrera and Juan Van Halen, Van-Halen that led to an exchange of prisoners of war in the First Carlist War. See also * List of municipalities in Zaragoza References

Municipalities in the Province of Zaragoza {{Zaragoza-geo-stub ...
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Province Of Zaragoza
Zaragoza (), also called Saragossa in English,''Encyclopædia Britannica''Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)/ref> is a province of northern Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Aragon. Its capital is the city of Zaragoza, which is also the capital of the autonomous community. Other towns in the province include La Almunia de Doña Godina, Borja, Calatayud, Caspe, Ejea de los Caballeros, Tarazona, and Utebo. Its area is 17,274 km², which makes it the fourth-largest Spanish province by land area. Its population was 954,811 in 2018, accounting for slightly over 72% of the entire population of Aragon; nearly 75% of those lived in the capital. Its population density was 51/km². It contains 292 municipalities, of which more than half are villages with fewer than 300 people. The main language throughout the province is Spanish (with official status), although Catalan is spoken in the easternmost part ( Bajo Aragón-Caspe comarca and Mequinenza municipality ...
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José Rafael De Silva Fernández De Híjar
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ...
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Agustín De Silva Y Bernuy, 14th Duke Of Híjar
Agustín de Silva y Bernuy Fernández de Híjar, 14th Duke of Híjar GE (10 May 1826 – 16 May 1872) was a Spanish aristocrat. Early life Agustín was born in Madrid on 10 May 1826. He was the only son of Cayetano de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba, 13th Duke of Híjar (1863–1865) and María de la Soledad Bernuy y Valda. His paternal grandfather was José Rafael de Silva Fernández de Híjar, 12th Duke of Híjar. His uncle, Andrés Avelino de Silva y Fernández de Córdoba (1806–1885), was the Duke of Aliaga. Career On 30 November 1866, he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III from Queen Isabella II. In addition, he was authorized to officially assume all the noble titles that corresponded to him as head of the House of Híjar on December 5 1866. Besides the dukedom of Híjar, he was the 15th Duke of Aliaga y Castellot, 10th Duke of Bournonville, 8th Marquess of San Vicente del Barco, 15th Marquess of Almenara, 15th Count of Palma del Río, 15th Count o ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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