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Alonso de Córdoba Gómez (1505–1589) was a Spanish nobleman's son who sought his fortune in the Americas. He was born in Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real Province, Spain, and married Olalla of Merlo, also of Valdepeñas. Córdoba arrived with his wife in Peru in 1534, and Chile in 1540 along with Pedro de Valdivia.
He was the son of Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba and father of the historian Pedro de Cordova y Figueroa. He served as lieutenant, captain of infantry and of cavalry in Lota and San Carlos de Austria ; lieutenant general of cavalry and Sargento Mayor of the Captaincy General of Chile .
Vitacura is the site of ECLAC headquarters, home to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquarters in Chile, and home to Santiago's most exclusive shopping street, Avenida Alonso de Córdova. The Gliders Club of Vitacura can be located in this commune.
Alfonso de Córdoba y Velasco (Tafalla (Navarra), 6 September 1512 – Tudela, 27 February 1565) was a Spanish nobleman, II Count of Alcaudete, Viceroy of Navarra, and governor of Oran. Biography [ edit ]
Interstate 35W at Loop 820 in Fort Worth were shut down for several hours Thursday night during a police standoff with a man on an overpass who was live-streaming himself and threatening to jump ...
Luis de Córdova y Córdova (1706–1796), admiral, commanded the Spanish fleet in the Anglo-Spanish War; Pedro Hernández de Córdova, Spanish soldier in the Arauco War in the 16th century; José de Córdoba y Ramos (1732–1815), Spanish explorer and naval officer; Alonso de Cordova y Figueroa (died 1698), Spanish soldier in Chile
Alcaudete was the son to Fernández de Córdoba y Montemayor, the lord of Alcaudete and of Montemayor, and to María de Velasco, daughter of Count Siruela. He married Leonor Pacheco, daughter of Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, 1st Marquis of Comares. Their sons were Alfonso (1512-1565), the successor to Alcaudete;
Alonso Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar was born in Montilla on 21 September 1653. He was the son of Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez de Ribera, 5th Duke of Feria, and his wife Mariana Fernández de Córdoba. His older brother Luis Fernández de Córdoba succeeded his father as 6th Duke of Feria. He was educated at the University of ...