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Manuel Pérez De Guzmán (landowner)
Manuel Valentín Pérez de Guzmán y Lasarte (14 February 1863 – 8 January 1920) was a Spanish Land tenure, landowner who served as the president of the Port of Huelva, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Real Sociedad Colombina. He is best known for his stint as vice president of Recreativo de Huelva during the presidency of William Alexander Mackay. All of his sons were footballers of some sort and most of them were notable and successful in some way, from club presidents and mayors to creators of fandango. Early and personal life Manuel Pérez de Guzmán was born in the Extremaduran municipality of Jerez de los Caballeros on 14 February 1863, as the fifth child of Francisco de Paula de Guzmán y Sotomayor (1833–1864), and María del Pilar Lasarte y Andrés de la Cámara. He was baptized in the . On 8 June 1887, the 24-year-old Pérez de Guzmán married in Seville to Maria Teresa de Urzáiz y Cavero, a native of Moguer, although her father came from Santiago de los Caballeros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerez De Los Caballeros
Jerez de los Caballeros () is a town of south-western Spain, in the province of Badajoz. It is located on two hills overlooking the River Ardila, a tributary of the Guadiana, 18 km east of the Portuguese border. The old town is surrounded by a Moorish wall with six gates. The town is said to have been founded by Alfonso IX of Leon in 1229; in 1232 it was extended by his son Ferdinand III the Saint, who gave it to the Knights Templar. Hence the name ''Jerez de los Caballeros'', Jerez of the Knights. Jerez de los Caballeros is the birthplace of the explorers Hernando de Soto and Vasco Núñez de Balboa. On 10 May 1539, Hernando de Soto wrote in his will: "That a chapel be erected within the Church of San Miguel in Jerez de los Cabelleros, Spain, where De Soto grew up, at a cost of 2,000 ducats, with an altarpiece featuring the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Conception, that his tomb be covered in a fine black broadcloth topped by a red cross of the Order of the Knights of Santi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |