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Enrique Enríquez The Younger
Enrique Enríquez the Younger (died 1366) was a nobleman of Castile, son of Enrique Enríquez the Elder. He was lord of Villalba de los Barros, Nogales, Almendral, La Parra, Begíjar and other towns. He was ''Adelantado Mayor'' of the border of Andalusia, chief justice of the King's House, Chief of the forces of the bishopric and Kingdom of Jaén, Mayor of Seville and Knight of the Band. Family origins Enrique Enríquez the Younger was the son of Enrique Enríquez the Elder, nobleman of Castile and lord of Puebla de los Infantes, and Estefanía Rodríguez de Ceballos, Lady of Villalba de los Barros and of Vado de las Estacas. His father's parents were the Prince Henry of Castile the Senator, son of Ferdinand III of Castile, and the Lady Mayor Rodríguez Pecha. His maternal grandparents were Rodrigo González de Ceballos, mayor of Toledo and '' adelantado mayor'' of Murcia, and his wife, María Fernández de Caviedes, lady of Caviedes, Lamadrid and La Revilla. Youth The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Enríquez The Elder
Enrique Enríquez the Elder (c. 1246 – before 28 February 1323) was a nobleman of Castile, natural son of the Infante Henry of Castile. He was Lord of La Puebla de los Infantes. His son, Enrique Enríquez the Younger, had a distinguished career serving kings Alfonso XI of Castile and Peter of Castile. Enrique Enríquez was the natural son of the Infante Henry of Castile and Lady Mayor Rodriguez Pecha. His father was son of King Ferdinand III of Castile by his first wife Beatrice of Swabia. His mother was the daughter of Esteban Pérez Pecha, Lord of San Román de Hornija and governor of Zamora, and Mayor Rodriguez de Balboa. Mayor Rodriguez de Balboa was daughter of Pedro Rodríguez de Balboa, chamberlain of the Infante Henry of Castile. The exact date of birth of Enrique Enríquez is not known. Some authors say he was born in Andalusia around 1246. Others think he was born in Italy during one of the periods when the Infante Henry was staying there. There is some doubt about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toro, Zamora
Toro is a town and municipality in the province of Zamora, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located on a fertile high plain, northwest of Madrid at an elevation of . Toro is known as a center of Mudéjar art and as a wine-producing region. It is located on the Duero River roughly halfway between Zamora, the provincial capital and Tordesillas in the province of Valladolid. The four-lane freeway (autovía) A-11 now connects these two cities and passes just north of Toro. Highway N122 passes through the town. The distance to Madrid by highway is . Distances to other cities are: to Zamora, to Valladolid and to Salamanca. History Antiquity Toro is an ancient town, possibly the Arbukala of the Vaccai tribe which was conquered by Hannibal in 220 BC but survived to trouble the Romans. The Roman town was called Albucella. The modern name may derive from the bull totem of that Celtiberian people. In the 8th century it was conquered by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatierra De Los Barros
Salvatierra de los Barros is a List of municipalities in Badajoz, municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 1,721 (2014) and an area of 75 km². See also * List of municipalities in Badajoz References Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz {{Badajoz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tierra De Barros
Tierra de Barros is a comarca in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Its capital and administrative center is Almendralejo. The comarca contains 15 municipalities and 74,872 inhabitants ( INE 2008). Municipalities * Aceuchal * Almendralejo * Corte de Peleas * Entrín Bajo * Hinojosa del Valle * Hornachos * Palomas * Puebla de la Reina * Puebla del Prior * Ribera del Fresno * Santa Marta * Solana de los Barros * Torremejía * Villafranca de los Barros * Villalba de los Barros Economy Tierra de Barros is a wine growing region, particularly for Cayetana grapes. It is one of the regions were Ribera del Guadiana DOC DOC, Doc, doc or DoC may refer to: People and characters * Doc, an abbreviation of doctor * Doc (nickname) * Doc (mascot), the Towson University mascot Persons * The D.O.C., American rapper (born 1968) * Doc Gallows (born 1983), ring nam ... wine is produced. References Comarcas of Extremadura Province of Badajoz {{Extremadur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baeza, Spain
Baeza () is a city and municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the ''comarca'' of La Loma. The present name was established in Roman times as ''Vivatia'', then ''Biatia'' by the Visigoths, ''Bayyasa'' by the Moors from the 8th century onwards; until it became Baeza. It is now principally famed for having some of the best-preserved examples of Italian Renaissance architecture in Spain. Along with neighbouring Úbeda, it was added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 2003. The former Visigothic bishopric of Baeza remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Geography The town lies perched on a cliff in the range (the ) separating the Guadalquivir River to its south from the Guadalimar to its north. History The town stands at a high elevation about from the right bank of the Guadalquivir in the Loma de Úbeda. Under the Romans, the town was known as 'Beatia'. Following its conquest by the Visigoths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robledo De Chavela
Robledo de Chavela is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain with a population of 4,587 in 2022. The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC; in Spanish and officially ''Complejo de Comunicaciones de Espacio Profundo de Madrid'') is a satellite ground station located in Robledo de Chavela, Spain, and operated by the Instituto Nac ... (MDSCC) is located in this town. References See also * Imperial Route of the Community of Madrid Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Santiago
The Order of Santiago (; ) is a religious and military order founded in the 12th century. It owes its name to the patron saint of Spain, ''Santiago'' ( St. James the Greater). Its initial objective was to protect the pilgrims on the Way of St. James, to defend Christendom and to remove the Muslim Moors from the Iberian Peninsula with the Reconquista. Entrance was not restricted to nobility of Spain exclusively, and some members have been Catholic Europeans from other parts of Europe. The Order's insignia is particularly recognisable and abundant in Western art. With the culmination of the Reconquista and the death of the Grand Master Alonso de Cárdenas, the Catholic Monarchs incorporated the Order into the Spanish Crown, and the Pope Adrian VI forever united the office of Grand Master of Santiago to the Crown in 1523. The First Republic suppressed the Order in 1873, but it was re-established in the Restoration as a nobiliary institute of honorable character. The Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Río Salado
The Battle of Río Salado also known as the Battle of Tarifa (30 October 1340) was a battle between the armies of King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against those of Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of the Marinids and Yusuf I of the Granada. Campaign After Alfonso XI of Castile's victory in the Teba campaign of 1330, Muhammed IV, Sultan of Granada sought help from Abu al-Hasan 'Ali to ensure his survival. The policies of the Kingdom of Fez regarding the Iberian Peninsula changed upon Hasan's rise to power in 1331. During his rule, the Marinids achieved their largest territorial expansion in Africa. Hasan dispatched a naval fleet and 5,000 troops that landed at Algeciras in early 1333. These forces assisted the Granadan King in capturing the Castilian outpost of Gibraltar, which they accomplished in under two months. They then launched a limited campaign to reunite these territories with the Granada. Back in the Maghreb, Abu Hasan amassed a large army to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaén, Spain
Jaén () is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain and the capital of the Jaén Province, Spain, province of Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The city of Jaén is the administrative and industrial centre for the province. Industrial establishments in the city include chemical works, tanneries, distilleries, cookie factories, textile factories, as well as agricultural and olive oil processing machinery industry. The layout of Jaén is determined by its position on the foothills of the Cerro de Santa Catalina, with steep, narrow streets, in the historic core. Its population is 112,757 (2020), about one-sixth of the population of the province. Jaén had an increase in cultural tourism in the mid-2010s, having received 604,523 tourists in 2015, 10% more than in 2014. Etymology The name is most likely derived from the Roman name ''Villa Gaiena'' (Villa of Gaius). It was called Jayyān during the time of Al-Andalus. The inhabitants of the city are known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Villanueva De Barcarrota
The Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota was fought in 1336 near the town of Villanueva de Barcarrota in Extremadura between troops of the Kingdom of Portugal led by Pedro Afonso de Sousa, and troops of the Kingdom of Castile led by Enrique Enriquez the Younger, who led the forces of the Bishop of Jaén, assisted by Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Coronel and Pedro Ponce de León the Elder, who led forces sent by the city of Seville. The Portuguese were defeated. As a result, Afonso IV of Portugal, who was besieging the city of Badajoz, ordered the siege to be lifted and returned with his troops to Portugal. The Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota took place during the 1336 war in which King Afonso IV of Portugal and his Castilian allies, Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, and Juan Núñez III de Lara, opposed King Alfonso XI of Castile. Background In 1335 a dispute arose between Juan Manuel of Villena and Alfonso XI, King of Castile, in which Juan Núñez III de Lara, lord of Lara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanlúcar De Barrameda
Sanlúcar may refer to: * Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a city in the Province of Cádiz, Spain * Sanlúcar de Guadiana, a village in the Province of Huelva, Spain * Sanlúcar la Mayor, a city in the Province of Seville, Spain *Sanlúcar de Albaida, former name of the village of Albaida del Aljarafe, Seville, Spain * Manolo Sanlúcar (1943–2022), Spanish flamenco guitarist {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Alonso Pérez De Guzmán Y Coronel
Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Coronel (1285-1351), second lord of Sanlúcar, was a Castilian noble of the house of Medina Sidonia. He was the son of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán and María Alfonso Coronel. He defeated the troops of the King of Portugal in the Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336). He died in 1351. Family From his first marriage to Beatriz Ponce de León y Meneses, great granddaughter of King Alfonso IX of León and daughter of Fernán Pérez Ponce de León I, commander of the frontier of Andalusia and lord of Puebla de Asturias, three children were born: *Alonso de Guzman (died December 1330 ). He died at nine years of age, as a result of being butted by a deer, and was buried in the monastery of San Isidoro del Campo. * Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Ponce de León, third Lord of Sanlúcar. *María de Guzmán, died childless. He remarried in 1334 to Urraca Osorio (died 1367), daughter of Álvar Núñez Osorio and Mayor Perez, who had: * Juan Alonso Pérez de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
