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Titles bestowed often had the name of a place in Cuba (e.g. Marqués de Pinar del Rio, Conde de Yumurí), the surname of the family (e.g. Marqués de Azpesteguia, Conde de Casa (house) Montalvo) or in remembrance of some Royal favor or deed (e.g. Marqués de la Gratitud, Marqués de la Real Proclamación).
Map of Colonial Santo Domingo from 1873. The red circle indicates the location of El Baluarte del Conde. La Puerta del Conde. La Puerta del Conde (The Count's Gate) was the main entrance to the fortified city of Santo Domingo (in present-day Dominican Republic), named to honor Governor Captain-General Bernardino de Meneses Bracamonte y Zapata, 1st Count of Peñalva, who during his tenure saved ...
Don Francisco de Mora y Luna, First Count of Guadalupe del Peñasco. The Count of Guadalupe del Peñasco (Spanish: Conde de Guadalupe del Peñasco) is a title of Spanish nobility granted by King Charles III of Spain to Don Francisco Javier de Mora y Luna, Colonel of Dragons of the provincial militias on 26 January 1768.
Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden ...
Ricardo Ignacio Rafael de la Huerta y Ozores [73] 2002 Duke of Maqueda: 1529 1529 María del Pilar Paloma de Casanova-Cárdenas y Barón [74] 2011 Duke of Marchena: 1885 1885 Juan Jacobo Walford-Hawkins y Borbón [75] 2000 Duke of Maura: 1930 1930 Ramiro Pérez-Maura y de la Peña [76] 2003 Duke of Medina de las Torres: 1625 1625
Don Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo was a descendant of the noble Palaiologos family, which produced the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. A pious Caballero , the Count of Orgaz was also a philanthropist , who, among other charitable acts, left a sum of money for the enlargement and adornment of the church of Santo Tomé (El Greco's parish ...
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Alejandro Conde's painting style can be described as post-impressionist, and more specifically, close to Fauvist expressionism. [7] In the treatment of landscapes and still lifes, he displays a naive approach, but at the same time, he exudes a satirical critique reminiscent of the abstract expressionism seen in the works of artists like Willem De Kooning, particularly in many of his portraits ...