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Pedro Girón (other)
Pedro Girón may refer to: *Pedro Girón, 1st Lord of Osuna (1423–1466), known as Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Count of Ureña (died 1531) *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 1st Duke of Osuna (1537–1590) *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna (1574–1624) * Pedro Téllez-Girón, 8th Duke of Osuna (1728–1787) *Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna (1755–1807) *Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo, 13th Duke of the Infantado (1768–1841) *Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Beaufort Spontin, 14th Duke of the Infantado (1810–1844) *Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón (1786–1851) *Pedro Agustín Girón Pedro Agustín Girón y de Las Casas, 1st Duke of Ahumada, 4th Marquis of the Amarillas (1778–1842) was a Spanish military officer and politician. The son of a general, he fought against the French during the French Revolutionary Wars. Dur ...
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Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco
Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco (1423–1466), was Master of the Order of Calatrava (1445–1466), 1st Lord of Ureña and Osuna, and an important political figure at the court of Henry IV of Castile. He was the younger brother of Juan Pacheco and nephew of Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña, Archbishop of Toledo. In the trail of his brother, and a confidant of the young prince and later King Henry IV of Castile, he became one of the most powerful and rich persons in the Castilian court. At the age of 22 he became Master of the military Order of Calatrava, and received in 1448 the strategic town of Peñafiel, Spain, Peñafiel, where he built the Peñafiel Castle. When Prince Henry became King in 1454, Pedro received several towns and titles including Lord of Osuna, which would become the powerful House of Osuna. Together with his brother and uncle, he was the de facto ruler of Castile, until 1461 when Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque, Beltrán de la Cueva displaced him as Hen ...
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Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Count Of Ureña
Pedro Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Velasco or Pedro Girón (died Seville, April 25, 1531), was a Spanish noble, 3rd Count of Ureña and a leader of the Revolt of the Comuneros. He was the son of Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña and Leonor de la Vega Velasco, daughter of Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro. He married Mencía de Guzmán, daughter of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia. When his brother-in-law Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia, died in 1512 without issue, Pedro Girón unsuccessfully claimed the title of Medina Sidonia through his wife. Pedro stated that Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 5th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, son of the third Duke and his second wife, was an illegitimate child. Pedro Girón had contacted the ''Junta de Tordesillas'' to defend his claims on the Duchy of Medina Sidonia, and became thus one of the leaders of the Revolt of the Comuneros, comuneros, together with ...
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Pedro Téllez-Girón, 1st Duke Of Osuna
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compared with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pero". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. Notable people with the name Pedro include: Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil *Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II of Braz ...
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Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke Of Osuna
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna (17 December 1574 – 24 September 1624) was a Spanish nobleman and politician. He was the 2nd Marquis of Peñafiel, 7th Count of Ureña, Spanish Viceroy of Sicily (1611–1616), Viceroy of Naples (1616–1620), a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1608, Grandee of Spain, member of the Spanish Supreme Council of War, and the subject of several poems by his friend, counselor and assistant, Francisco de Quevedo. He served as a footsoldier and climbed the ranks, an unusual career for an aristocrat, during the Eighty Years' War. As Viceroy of Sicily and Naples, Osuna reorganized the local administration and armadas with new strategies and ships, and implemented a highly profitable and successful privateering system against the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice and the Barbary pirates. Despite opposition in the court, he maintained Mediterranean dominance during the ten years of his mandates, achieving victories like Cape Corv ...
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Pedro Téllez-Girón, 8th Duke Of Osuna
Pedro Zoilo Téllez-Girón y Pérez de Guzmán, 8th Duke de Osuna, Grandee of Spain,In full, ) (27 June 1728 – 1 April 1787), was a Spanish nobleman. Pedro Téllez-Girón was the son of José María Téllez-Girón, 7th Duke of Osuna and of Francisca Pérez de Guzmán y Mendoza, daughter of Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 12th Duke of Medina Sidonia. He married his niece María Vicenta Pacheco Téllez-Girón in 1753. Notes Sources * * 1728 births 1787 deaths 112 108 Grandees of Spain Pedro Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain 107 Pedro Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meanin ...
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Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke Of Osuna
Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón y Pacheco, 9th Duke of Osuna, Grandee of SpainName in full: ) (8 August 1755 – 7 January 1807), was a Spanish nobleman and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars. Biography Family His father, the 8th Duke, was Pedro Zoilo Téllez Girón y de Guzmán (27 June 1728 – 1 April 1787) and his mother was María Vicenta de la Portería Pacheco Téllez-Girón (born 28 July 1735). In 1772, he married María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente. She was 15th Countess of Benavente, Grandee of Spain, 13th Duchess of Béjar, Duchess of Arcos, Duchess of Gandía and Duchess of Monteagudo, Princess of Esquilache and Marquise of Lombay, whose possessions and noble titles were absorbed thereto by the Osuna family. Military career Téllez-Girón held important commands during the War of the Pyrenees which began on 7 March 1793 and ended with the Peace of Basel on 22 July 1795. As a Lieutenant General, he commanded a colum ...
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Pedro De Alcántara Álvarez De Toledo, 13th Duke Of The Infantado
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Salm-Salm, 13th Duke of the Infantado (20 July 1768 – 27 November 1841) was a Spanish Army officer, politician and nobleman. Life and career He held the following titles: 13th Duke of the Infantado, 9th Duke of Pastrana, 9th Duke of Estremera, 10th Duke of Francavilla, plus others. He was an extremely rich, powerful and popular figure in court circles and in Spain generally. He was "more educated than most of the Spanish grandees", having been raised and schooled in Paris. He never married, but he had one illegitimate son and two illegitimate daughters. His titles were divided amongst his son Manuel and his nephew Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón (1810–1844), who became 14th Duke of the Infantado. Early military career When Spain declared war on Revolutionary France in 1793, he raised an infantry regiment at his own expense. He fought with it in Catalonia against the French beside a Portuguese division and commanded a brigade ...
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Pedro De Alcántara Téllez-Girón Y Beaufort Spontin, 14th Duke Of The Infantado
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compared with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pero". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. Notable people with the name Pedro include: Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil *Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II of Br ...
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Pedro De Alcántara Téllez-Girón
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compared with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pero". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. Notable people with the name Pedro include: Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil *Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II ...
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