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Bejar (other)
Bejar can refer to: *Béjar, a city in the province of Salamanca in western Spain ** Duke of Béjar, a Spanish title of nobility from 1453 to the present * Béjar (surname), a Spanish surname (also rendered as Bejarano, Bexar, or Vejar), for people with this name, see *Dan Bejar Daniel Bejar ( ; born October 4, 1972) is a Canadian singer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the frontman of Destroyer, and was a member of indie rock band the New Pornographers. Overview In 2006, he joined with Carey Merc ..., a singer-songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada See also * Bexar (other) * Bijar (other) {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béjar
Béjar () is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and León. As of 2018, it had a population of 12,961. The historical development of the town has been linked to its once thriving textile manufacturing industry. History Béjar was founded towards October–November 1208 and it was presumably granted a '' fuero'' afterwards. It was originally placed to the south of the current settlement, but the population relocated to its current location in the first half of the 14th century. Featuring a cattle-based economy, the town sustained a quick early growth. Over the rest of the middle ages, the town passed several times from a royal demesne to seigneurial lordship and vice versa. The town saw its ''fuero'' ratified in 1333. Béjar celebrated an eight-day long medieval fair every year. The town enjoyed from availability to plenty of wood resources, hydropower and sheep flocks. The arrival to power of the Zúñiga famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Béjar
Duke of Béjar () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1485 by the Catholic Monarchs to Álvaro de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Plasencia and chief justice of Castile. The title refers to the town of Béjar in Salamanca, Spain. Dukes of Béjar (1485) * Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán, 1st Duke of Béjar (1485–1488) * Álvaro de Zúñiga y Pérez de Guzmán, 2nd Duke of Béjar (1488–1532) * Teresa de Zúñiga y Manrique de Lara, 3rd Duchess of Béjar (1532–1565) * Francisco de Zúñiga y Sotomayor, 4th Duke of Béjar (1565–1591) * Francisco Diego de Zúñiga y Mendoza, 5th Duke of Béjar (1591–1601) * Alfonso Diego de Zúñiga y Pérez de Guzmán, 6th Duke of Béjar (1601–1619) * Francisco Diego de Zúñiga y Mendoza, 7th Duke of Béjar (1619–1636) * Alfonso Diego de Zúñiga y Mendoza, 8th Duke of Béjar (1636–1660) * Juan Manuel de Zúñiga y Mendoza, 9th Duke of Béjar (1660–1664) * Manuel Diego Ló ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béjar (surname)
Béjar () is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and León. As of 2018, it had a population of 12,961. The historical development of the town has been linked to its once thriving textile manufacturing industry. History Béjar was founded towards October–November 1208 and it was presumably granted a ''fuero'' afterwards. It was originally placed to the south of the current settlement, but the population relocated to its current location in the first half of the 14th century. Featuring a cattle-based economy, the town sustained a quick early growth. Over the rest of the middle ages, the town passed several times from a royal demesne to seigneurial lordship and vice versa. The town saw its ''fuero'' ratified in 1333. Béjar celebrated an eight-day long medieval fair every year. The town enjoyed from availability to plenty of wood resources, hydropower and sheep flocks. The arrival to power of the Zúñiga family a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Bejar
Daniel Bejar ( ; born October 4, 1972) is a Canadian singer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the frontman of Destroyer, and was a member of indie rock band the New Pornographers. Overview In 2006, he joined with Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes and Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade as part of indie supergroup Swan Lake. He has also collaborated with his wife Sydney Hermant as the duo Hello, Blue Roses, whose debut album was released in 2008. Personal life Bejar was born in 1972 to a Spanish father and an American mother at Vancouver General Hospital. Bejar's father was a physicist who grew up Catholic in Spain during the Francoist dictatorship, and his mother was a Jewish teacher who taught the Spanish language. Bejar was raised without religion. His father died when he was 13 years old. Growing up, Bejar moved frequently and in adulthood has resided in Southern California, Canada and Spain. Bejar attended University of British Columbia for three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bexar (other)
Bexar can refer to: Places: *Bexar County, Texas, containing the city of San Antonio *Bexar, Alabama, a community *Bexar, Arkansas, an unincorporated community *Béxar, a former spelling of Béjar, a city in the province of Salamanca in western Spain Military uses: *USS Bexar (APA-237), USS ''Bexar'' (APA-237), a Haskell-class attack transport in the US Navy *Siege of Béxar (or Bejar), an early campaign of the Texas Revolution See also *Behar (other) *Bejar (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
