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Pedro III Fajardo, 5th Marquis Of Los Vélez
Pedro III Fajardo de Zúñiga y Requesens (1602 – Palermo, Sicily, 3 November 1647) was a Kingdom of Spain, Spanish soldier and noble. He was Viceroy of Valencia (1631–1635), Viceroy of Navarre (1638–1640), Viceroy of Catalonia (1640–1642), Spanish Ambassador to Papal States, Rome, and Viceroy of Sicily (1644–1647). Biography He was 5th Marquis of Los Vélez from 1631, and Grandee of Spain. He was born in Mula, Spain, Mula, region of Murcia, son of Luis II Fajardo, 4th Marquis of Los Vélez, (1576–1631), the preceding Viceroy of Valencia (1628–1631) and a great-grandson of Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens. He joined the Spanish army and rose up through the ranks to become general. He was Viceroy of Valencia (1631–1636), Viceroy of Navarre (1638–1640). In 1641, when the Reapers' War, Catalan Revolt broke out, he led a Spanish force into Catalonia which aimed to capture Barcelona and crush the revolt. Defeated at the Battle of Montjuïc (1641), Battle of Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Fajardo De Zúñiga Y Requeséns, Por Juan Serra
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish language, Spanish, Portuguese language, Portuguese, and Galician language, Galician name for ''Peter (given name), 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 (name), 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 (name), Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic language, Aramaic ''Kephas'' or ''Aramaic of Jesus#Cephas .28.CE.9A.CE.B7.CF.86.CE.B1.CF.82.29, Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. Notable people with the name Pedro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reapers' War
The Reapers' War (, ; , ), also known as the Catalan Revolt or Catalan Revolution, was a conflict that affected the Principality of Catalonia between 1640 and 1659, in the context of the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), Franco-Spanish War of 1635–1659. Being the result of a revolutionary process carried out by Catalan peasantry and institutions, as well as Kingdom of France, French diplomatic movements, it saw the brief establishment of a Catalan Republic (1640–1641), Catalan Republic and the clash of Spanish and French armies on Catalan soil over more than a decade. It had an enduring effect in the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), which ceded the County of Roussillon and the northern half of the County of Cerdanya to France (see French Cerdagne), splitting these northern Catalan territories off from the Principality of Catalonia, and thereby receding the borders of Spain to the Pyrenees. Background The war had its roots in the discomfort generated in Catalan society by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Spanish Viceroys Of Aragon
This is a list of viceroys (or lieutenants) of the Kingdom of Aragon. *Alonso de Aragón, bishop of Zaragoza 1517–1520 *Juan de Lanuza y Torrellas 1520–1535 *Beltrán de la Cueva, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque 1535–1539 *Pedro Manrique de Luna y de Urrea, count of Morata de Jalón 1539–1554 *Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda, prince of Melito 1554–1564 *Ferran d'Aragón i de Gurrea, Bishop of Zaragoza 1566–1575 *Artal de Aragón y Luna, count of Sástago 1575–1588 *Iñigo de Mendoza y de la Cerda y Manrique de Luna, marquis of Almenara 1588 *Miguel Martinez de Luna y Mendoza, count of Morata de Jalón 1592–1593 *Diego Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla y Mendoza, count of Chincón 1593–1601 *Beltrán de la Cueva y Castilla, duke of Alburquerque 1601–1602 *Ascanio Colonna, cardinal 1602–1604 *Tomás de Borja y Castro, Archbishop of Zaragoza 1606-1610 *Gastón de Moncada, 2nd Marquis of Aitona 1610–1615 *Diego Carrillo de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Gelves 1617– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girolamo Carraffa E Carrascciolo
Girolamo Carafa (or Caraffa), Marquis of Montenegro (Abruzzo, 1564 – Genoa, 1633) was a general in Spanish and Imperial service from Italian descent. Life Girolamo was born in the noble Neapolitan Carafa family. His parents were Rainaldo Carafa and Portia Carracciola, daughter of the Duke of Sicignano. At the age of 14, he was sent to Rome to study science under guidance of his uncle Cardinal Antonio Carafa. Girolamo married young with Hippolyta de Lannoy, granddaughter of Charles de Lannoy, Spanish Viceroy of Naples. In 1587, Girolamo joined the Spanish army, against the will of his family. First he served under Alexander Farnese in the Dutch Revolt. Then he fought against King Henry IV of France, more specifically at Ligne (1590) and Rouen (1592). Later he commanded an army unit in Friesland, Brabant and Flanders. In the Franco-Spanish War (1595-1598) he first fought in some smaller battles in the border area. But in 1597, he participated in the Siege of Amiens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viceroy Of Sardinia
This is a list of viceroys of Sardinia. Aragonese Viceroys From 1418 to 1516 Sardinia was ruled by viceroys from the Crown of Aragon, which merged into the Monarchy of Spain in 1516. * Lluís de Pontons (1418-1419) * Joan de Corbera (1419-1420) * Riambau de Corbera (1420-1421) * Bernat de Centelles (1421-1437) * Francesc d'Erill i de Centelles (1437-1448) * Nicolás Carroz de Arborea (1460-1479) * Pere Maça de Liçana i de Rocafull (1479) * Ximén Pérez Escrivá de Romaní (1479-1483) (first time) * Guillem de Peralta (1483-1484) * Ximén Pérez Escrivá de Romaní (1484-1487) (second time) * Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza y Quiñones (1487 - 1491) * Juan Dusay (1491-1501) (first time) * Benito Gualbes (interim) (1501-1502) * Juan Dusay (1502-1507) (second time) * Jaume Amat i Tarré (1507-1508) * Fernando Girón de Rebolledo (1508-1515) * Àngel de Vilanova (1515-1529) Spanish direct rule, 1516–1714 * Martín de Cabrera (1529-1532) * Jaime de Aragall (interim) (1533) * Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Joaquín Fajardo De Requeséns Y Zúñiga
Fernando Joaquín Fajardo de Requeséns y Zúñiga (Zaragoza, 1635 – Madrid, 2 November 1693), VI Marquess of Los Vélez, V Marquis of Molina, II Marquis of Martorell, etc.., Grandee of Spain was a Spanish noble and politician. Biography He was the second son of Pedro III Fajardo, 5th Marquis of Los Vélez and his second wife Mariana Engracia Álvarez de Toledo y Portugal. The heir to all the titles in the family was his brother Pedro, but he decided to become a clergyman, and Don Fernando became the holder of all the titles after his father died in 1647. His maternal cousin was Manuel Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, Count of Oropesa, and his brother in law was Juan Francisco de la Cerda, 8th Duke of Medinaceli, two key figures during the reign of Carlos II of Spain. Furthermore, his mother, as the King's governess, enjoyed the trust of Queen Mariana of Austria and for many years was the person closest to Carlos II. Her function as governess, together with her sympathy for Jua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Oropesa
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses generally have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into the kitchen or another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
