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José Joaquín De Silva-Bazán, 9th Marquis Of Santa Cruz
José Joaquín de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento (3 December 1734 – 2 February 1802), 9th Marquis of Santa Cruz (1569) and Grandee of Spain, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, was a Spanish aristocrat who served in the Royal House. Biography He was also 8th Marquis of Villasor, 10th of Viso, 6th of Arcicóllar, 7th and last Marquis of Bayona and Montesanto, Baron of Sant Boi and Lord of Valdepeñas, twice Grandee of Spain, and Gentleman of the Bedchamber. His parents were Pedro de Silva-Bazán y Alagón, 8th Marquis of Santa Cruz, Mayordomo of Prince Philip, Duke of Parma, and María Cayetana Sarmiento y Dávila. His brother was the academic Pedro de Silva y Sarmiento de Alagón and his younger sister was Mariana de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento, Duchess of Huéscar and mother of the famous Duchess Cayetana de Alba. He was only ten years old when his father died, from whom he inherited all his titles, under the supervision of his mother. On 2 February 1755 he married María ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquess Of Santa Cruz (1569)
Marquis of Santa Cruz () sometimes known as Marquis of Santa Cruz de Mudela, is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1569 by Philip II to Álvaro de Bazán, an important admiral who defeated the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto. It takes its name from the town of Santa Cruz de Mudela, in Southern Spain. Marquises of Santa Cruz (1569) * Alvaro de Bazan, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (1569-1588) * Alvaro de Bazan, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz (1588-1644) * Álvaro de Bazán, 3rd Marquis of Santa Cruz (1644-1660) * María Eugenia de Bazán y Doria, 4th Marchioness of Santa Cruz (1660-1677) * Francisco Diego de Bazán y Doria, 5th Marquis of Santa Cruz (1667-1680) * José Bernardino de Bazán y Pimentel, 6th Marquis of Santa Cruz (1680-1693) * Álvaro Benavides Bazán, 7th Marquis of Santa Cruz (1693-1737) * Pedro de Silva-Bazán y Alagón, 8th Marquis of Santa Cruz (1737-1744) * José Joaquín de Silva-Bazán, 9th M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis De Arcicóllar
Marquis de Arcicóllar is a Spanish nobility, Spanish noble title created by Charles II of Spain on 13 May 1680. The title was first given to Luisa Fernanda de Córdoba by Charles II of Spain, Charles II in 1680. This title has remained in the Marquis de Santa Cruz family since then. Among the holders were José Fernández-Villaverde y Roca de Togores, Spanish Ambassador to the Court of Saint James (1958–1972) married to Casilda de Silva y Fernández de Henestrosa, XIV Marchioness de Santa Cruz.3El Pais17/6 / 1988 Obituary Marqueses de Arcicóllar References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Le Rond D'Alembert
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert ( ; ; 16 November 1717 – 29 October 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Until 1759 he was, together with Denis Diderot, a co-editor of the ''Encyclopédie''. D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation is named after him. The wave equation is sometimes referred to as d'Alembert's equation, and the fundamental theorem of algebra is named after d'Alembert in French. Early years Born in Paris, d'Alembert was the natural son of the writer Claudine Guérin de Tencin and the chevalier Louis-Camus Destouches, an artillery officer. Destouches was abroad at the time of d'Alembert's birth. Days after birth his mother left him on the steps of the church. According to custom, he was named after the patron saint of the church. D'Alembert was placed in an orphanage for foundling children, but his father found him and placed him with the wife of a glazier, Madame Rousseau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially Criticism of the Catholic Church, of the Roman Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including Stageplay, plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and even scientific Exposition (narrative), expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and Political philosophy, political philosopher.#britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a Committee of Five, drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence; and the first United States Postmaster General, postmaster general. Born in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Franklin became a successful Early American publishers and printers, newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'' at age 23. He became wealthy publishing this and ''Poor Richard's Almanack'', which he wrote under the pseudonym "Richard Saunders". After 1767, he was associated with the ''Pennsylvania Chronicle'', a newspaper known for it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Viera Y Clavijo
José de Viera y Clavijo (28 December 1731 – 21 February 1813), was a Spanish, of Portuguese descent, Enlightenment ecclesiastic, poet, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor. He is best known for his exhaustive ''History of the Canary Islands'' (''Historia de Canarias''), which took 20 years of work. He was assisted by Fernando de Molina Quesada, José Vandewalle, and others. The first volume was published in 1773, the second in 1774, the third in 1775, and the fourth in 1781. He recognized the Canaries as belonging to Africa and was a proponent of atlantonationalism. He recorded various expeditions from the Canaries in search of Saint Brendan's Island that occurred from 1487 to 1759. He investigated the influence of maritime activities in the Atlantic Ocean on the development of the islands. In this pursuit he also covered sailors such as Blas Zabala y Moreno, Francisco Díaz Pimienta, José Fernández Romero, , and . He was an admirer of Benito Jerónimo Feijó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Gabriel De Silva-Bazán Y Waldstein
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness Of Santa Cruz
Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, 2nd Countess of Osilo, ''iure uxoris'' Marchioness of Santa Cruz (Spanish: ''Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón, marquesa de Santa Cruz''; 21 September 1784 – 17 November 1851) was a daughter of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna and María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente. In 1801, she married José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein, the future Marquess of Santa Cruz. She is best known as the subject of an 1805 portrait by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, an ..., a family friend. References Sources *Antonio Marichalar, ''Riesgo y ventura del duque de Osuna Escrito'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Tellez-Giron, Joaquina 1784 births 1851 deaths Marquesses of Spain Joaquina Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Aragon to a middle-class family in 1746. He studied painting from age 14 under José Luzán y Martinez and moved to Madrid to study with Anton Raphael Mengs. He married Josefa Bayeu in 1773. Goya became a court painter to the Spanish Crown in 1786 and this early portion of his career is marked by portraits of the Spanish aristocracy and royalty, and Rococo-style tapestry cartoons designed for the royal palace. Although Goya's letters and writings survive, little is known about his thoughts. He had a seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caballerizo Mayor
The Caballerizo mayor (Great Equerry) was the Officer of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain. This role included oversight of the trips, the mews, and the hunt of the King of Spain. Regime during the 16th to 18th centuries The Office of “Caballerizo mayor” was one of the main Offices of the Royal Household in charge of the Royal Stables and everything related to the transportation of the Monarch. When the King sorted out from the Royal Palace, the Caballerizo had the main position behind him and the major rang over the other Court Officials. He managed as well the stables, the carriages, and the horses. He was assisted by the “Primeros Caballerizos” (First Equerries) who were nominated by him. He was in charge of the Royal hunt as “Montero mayor” (Great Hunter) holding, in many cases, the “Alcaldias” (Majorships) of the Spanish royal sites. Regime during the 19th and 20th centuries During the reigns of the last two Kings before the procl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Alburquerque
Duke of Alburquerque () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1464 by Henry IV to Beltrán de la Cueva, his "royal favourite" and grand master of the Order of Santiago. It makes reference to the town of Alburquerque in Badajoz, Spain. Dukes of Alburquerque # Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque (1464–1492) # Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque (1492–1526) # Beltrán de la Cueva, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque (1526–1560) # Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 4th Duke of Alburquerque (1560–1563) # Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque (1563–1571) #Beltrán III de la Cueva y Castilla, 6th Duke of Alburquerque (1571–1612), Viceroy of Aragón #Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque (1612–1637) #Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1637–1676), Viceroy of New Spain #Melchor Fernández de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera, 9th Duke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Cayetana De Silva, 13th Duchess Of Alba
María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva y Silva-Bazán, 13th Duchess of Alba, Grandee of Spain, GE (10 June 1762 – 23 July 1802), was a Spanish aristocrat and a popular subject of the painter Francisco de Goya. Biography María Teresa, as she was called in her family, became the 13th Duke of Alba, Duchess of Alba in 1776 after inheriting the title from her paternal grandfather, Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba, who outlived her father. Her marriage the year before to José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, José Álvarez de Toledo Osorio, 11th Marquess of Villafranca (a male-line descendant of Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba), made her and her husband the wealthiest couple in the Kingdom of Spain. Their only rivals to this status were the Duke of Osuna, House of Osuna. The duchess' relationship with famed Spanish painter Francisco de Goya and her somewhat eccentric personality have contributed greatly to a continuing interest in her life during the two ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
