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Julián De Zulueta, 1st Marquis Of Álava
Julián de Zulueta y Amondo, 1st Marquis of Álava and 1st Viscount of Casablanca () (8 January 1814 – 4 May 1878) was a Spanish Politician of Basque people, Basque descent. Early life Zulueta was born in Anucita, Anúcita, Álava on 8 January 1814. He was the son of Domingo Timoteo de Zulueta y de Salcedo, de Lezameta y Ugarte and, his wife, Manuela Estefania de Amondo y Barañano, and a first cousin of Andrés de Isasi de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Barambio.Ribera, José António Moya, ''Costados'', N.º 81 Career He was a Atlantic slave trade, slave trader and proprietor in Cuba, ''Regidor'' and Mayor (''Alcalde'') of Havana, Senator for life of the Kingdom of Spain, etc., and was created Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic and the Order of Charles III and also received the titles of 1st Marquess of Álava and the previous title of 1st Viscount of Casa Blanca. Among his many commercial and industrial activities was a very extensive part in the trans-Atlantic slave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viscount
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscounty. In the case of French viscounts, the title is sometimes left untranslated as ''vicomte'' . Etymology The word ''viscount'' comes from Old French ( Modern French: ), itself from French language">Modern French: ), itself from Late Latin "deputy" + Latin">Vulgar_Latin.html" ;"title="Medieval Latin , accusative case">accusative of , from Vulgar Latin">Late Latin "deputy" + Latin (originally "companion"; later Roman imperial courtier or trusted appointee, ultimately count). History During the Carolingian Empire, the kings appointed counts to administer Government of the Carolingian Empire#subdivision, provinces and other smaller regions, as governors and military commanders. Viscounts were appointed to assist the counts in their running of the province, and often took on judicial r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquesses Of Spain
A marquess (; ) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness () or marquise (). These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan. Etymology The word ''marquess'' entered the English language from the Old French ("ruler of a border area") in the late 13th or early 14th century. The French word was derived from ("frontier"), itself descended from the Middle Latin ("frontier"), from which the modern English word ''March (territory), march'' also descends. The distinction between governors of frontier territories and interior territories was made as early as the founding of the Roman Empire when some provinces were set aside for administration by the senate and more unpacified or vulnerable provinces were adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Deaths
Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Philippopolis – Russian troops defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – In the United States: ** The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut. ** ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. February * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year pontificate (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1814 Births
Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garrison surrenders to the British after ten days of bombardment. ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Metz: Allied armies lay siege to the French city and fortress of Metz. * January 5 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Puruarán: Spanish Royalists defeat Mexican Rebels. * January 11 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Hoogstraten: Prussian forces under Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow defeat the French. * January 14 ** Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway into personal union with Sweden, in exchange for west Pomerania. This marks the end of the real union of Denmark-Norway. ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Antwerp: Allied forces besiege Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés De Isasi, 1st Marquis Of Barambio
Andrés de Isasi y de Zulueta, 1st Marquess of Barambio ( Barambio, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1 December 1820 – Bilbao, 29 March 1918), of Basque descent. Born in Barambio, Vitoria-Gasteiz, son of Pedro de Isasi y de Orúe, de Perea y de Zulueta and wife and cousin Manuela de Zulueta y de Salcedo, de Lezameta y Ugarte and a first cousin of Julián de Zulueta y Amondo, 1st Marquis of Álava & 1st Viscount of Casablanca.Ribera, José António Moya, ''Costados'', N.º 81 Career He received the title of 1st Marquess of Barambio. Marriage and children He married on 28 November 1851 Josefa Ceferina de Murgoitio y de Urrecha, Administrator of a Majorat in Durango, of Basque descent (Durango, 25 August 1827 -), daughter of José María de Murgoitio, born in Durango, and wife Manuela de Urrecha, born in Bergüenda, and had issue, including a daughter María de Isasi y Murgoitio (Bilbao, 10 September 1854 – 1 November 1934), who married in Algorta on 5 September 1881 her second and fourth co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto De Zulueta Y Samá
Ernesto de Zulueta y Samá (10 July 1855, in La Granja de San Ildefonso – 2 December 1919, in Bilbao), Spanish politician. Born in La Granja de San Ildefonso, son of Julián de Zulueta, 1st Marquis of Álava ( Anúcita, Álava, 8 January 1814 - Havana, 4 May 1878) and first wife (m. Havana, 1 October 1842) Francisca de los Dolores Samá y de la Mota ( Trujillo, Badajoz, 4 October 1825 - 12 May 1957). Career He was a deputy to the Cortes Generales for Havana, Cuba, for many years. Marriage and children He married in Algorta on 5 September 1881 his second and fourth cousin María de Isasi y Murgoitio (Bilbao, 10 September 1854 - 1 January 1934), daughter of Andrés de Isasi, 1st Marquis of Barambio ( Barambio, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1 December 1820 - Bilbao, 29 March 1918) and wife (m. 28 November 1851) Josefa Ceferina de Murgoitio y de Urrecha, Administrator of a Majorat in Durango, who was born in Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Academia De La Historia
The Royal Academy of History (, RAH) is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the different branches of life, of civilisation, and of the culture of the Spanish people". Spanish people in this regard are understood to be citizens of the Kingdom of Spain or the indigenous people of its predecessors, or their descendants. The academy was established by royal decree of Philip V of Spain on 18 April 1738. Its official publication is the '' Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia''. Building Since 1836 the academy has occupied an 18th-century building designed by the neoclassical architect Juan de Villanueva. The building was originally occupied by the Hieronymites, a religious order. It became available as a result of legislation in the 1830s confiscating monastic properties (the ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal). Collections As former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castilian People
Castilians () are the inhabitants of the historical region of Castile in central Spain. However, the boundaries of the region are disputed. Not all people in the regions of the medieval Kingdom of Castile or Crown of Castile think of themselves as Castilian. For that reason, the exact limits of what is Castilian today are disputed. The western parts of Castile and León (that is, the Region of León) and Cantabria, La Rioja, the Community of Madrid and La Mancha are often also included in the definition, but that is controversial for historical reasons and for the strong sense of unique cultural identity of those regions. The Province of Albacete and Ciudad Real are also often included. As an ethnicity, Castilians are most commonly associated with the sparsely populated inner plateau of the Iberian peninsula, which is split into two by the Sistema Central mountain range in northern or ' Old Castile' and southern or ' New Castile'. During the Reconquista and other conqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
García (surname)
Garcia, Gartzia or García is an Iberian Peninsula, Iberian surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, Andorra, the Americas, France and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; ''García'' was a very common first name in early medieval Iberia. Origins It may have been a Basques, Basque surname "Gaztea" which later was Hispanicization, Castilianized in the medieval Kingdom of Castile to become "García". It is attested since the High Middle Ages north and south of the Pyrenees (Basque Country (greater region), Basque Culture Territories), with the surname (and sometimes first name too) thriving, especially in the Kingdom of Navarre, and spreading out to Castile (historical region), Castile and other Spanish regions. believed it to derive from the Basque adjective ''garze(a)'' meaning "young", whose modern form is ''gaztea'' or ''gaztia''. Ramón Menéndez Pidal and Antonio Tovar suggested it may come from the Basque word ''(H)artz'', meaning "(the) Bear".Gartzia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan People
Catalans (Catalan language, Catalan, French language, French and Occitan language, Occitan: ''catalans''; ; ; or ) are a Romance languages, Romance ethnic group native to Catalonia, who speak Catalan language, Catalan. The current official category of "Catalans" is that of the citizens of Catalonia, a Nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality and autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain and the inhabitants of the Roussillon historical region in southern France, today the Pyrénées Orientales department, also called Northern Catalonia and ''Pays Catalan'' in French. Some authors also extend the word "Catalans" to include all people from Catalan Countries, areas in which Catalan is spoken, namely those from Andorra, Valencian Community, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, la Franja, eastern Aragon, Roussillon, and the city of Alghero in Sardinia. The Catalan government regularly surveys its population regarding its "sentiment of belonging". As of July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Army
The Spanish Army () is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest Standing army, active armies – dating back to the late 15th century. The Spanish Army has existed continuously since the reign of Ferdinand II of Aragon, King Ferdinand and Isabella I of Castile, Queen Isabella (late 15th century). The oldest and largest of the three services, its mission was the defence of Peninsular Spain, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Melilla, Ceuta and the Spanish islands and rocks off the northern coast of Africa. History During the 16th century, Habsburg Spain saw steady growth in its military power. The Italian Wars (1494–1559) resulted in an ultimate Spanish victory and hegemony in northern Italy by expelling the French. During the war, the Spanish Army transformed its organization and tactics, evolving from a primarily Pike (weapon), pike and halberd wielding force into the first pike and shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
