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Dukes Of Medina Sidonia
Duke of Medina Sidonia () is a peerage grandee title of Spain in Medina-Sidonia, holding the oldest extant dukedom in the kingdom, first awarded by King John I of Castile in 1380. His father, Henry II of Castile (c.1334-1379), had an illegitimate son named Enrique de Castilla y de Sousa with Juana de Sousa, but after being made a Duke by his half-brother in 1380, he died in 1404, without a successor. The title then returned to the Crown. The title of Duke of Medina Sidonia was awarded a second time on February 1445 by King John II of Castile to Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 3rd Count of Niebla (1410-1468). Manuscrito de 1561 en el Archivo de la Casa Duc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COA Dukedom Of Medina Sidonia
COA or CoA may refer to: Organizations * Andorran Olympic Committee (Catalan: ''Comitè Olímpic Andorrà'') * Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: ''Comité Olímpico Argentino'') * Aruban Olympic Committee (Papiamento: ''Comité Olímpico Arubano'') * Canadian Osteopathic Association, a professional association of osteopathic physicians in Canada * Chicago Options Associates, an American company that specializes in trading options and futures contracts * Clowns of America International, an American organization that represents clowns * Committee of Administrators (CoA), oversaw the reform in 2017 of the Board of Control for Cricket in India * Council of Agriculture, agriculture-related institution in Taiwan * Council of Architecture, an Indian governmental organization that registers architects in the country * Community Oncology Alliance, an American non-profit that advocates for independent, community oncology providers and patients. * Continental Airlines, by ICAO airline cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, ) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain. His orders were to sail up the English Channel, join with the Duke of Parma in Flanders, and escort an invasion force that would land in England and overthrow Elizabeth I. Its purpose was to reinstate Catholicism in England, end support for the Dutch Republic, and prevent attacks by English and Dutch privateers against Spanish interests in the Americas. The Spanish were opposed by an English fleet based in Plymouth. Faster and more manoeuvrable than the larger Spanish galleons, its ships were able to attack the Armada as it sailed up the Channel. Several subordinates advised Medina Sidonia to anchor in the Solent and occupy the Isle of Wight, but he refused to deviate from his instructions to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspar Juan Pérez De Guzmán, 10th Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Gaspar Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Guzmán, 10th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1630–1667) was Duke of Medina Sidonia from 1664 to 1667. He married Antonia, daughter of Luis Méndez de Haro, 6th Marquis of Carpio. He died without issue, and the title passed to his younger half brother. Sources Real Academia de la Historia 1630 births 1667 deaths Dukes of Medina Sidonia 17th-century Spanish people {{duke-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspar Alfonso Pérez De Guzmán, 9th Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Gaspar Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sandoval, 9th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1602–1664) was a Spanish nobleman who became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1636, upon the death of his father Juan Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia. He was one of the architects of the Andalusian independentist conspiracy (1641). Biography The Duke succeeded his father as Captain General of Andalucía and the Atlantic Ocean (''Mar Océano''). In 1640, his sister Luisa of Guzman became the new Queen of Portugal, as the wife of the former Duke of Braganza, now John IV of Portugal. In 1641 the 9th Duke led the Andalusian rebellion against Spanish rule. Though both Portugal and Catalonia had strong cultural identities, an historical record of independence, and popular support, Andalusia did not, and the rebellion failed. The duke had the support of his brother-in-law, John IV of Portugal, but the promised naval aid from France and the Netherlands did not arrive. The king of Spain did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Pérez De Guzmán Y Silva, 8th Duke Of Medina Sidonia
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Juan Alonso Pérez De Guzmán, 6th Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Guzmán-Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia (24 March 1502 – 26 November 1558) was the son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia, half brother of Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia, and the brother of Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 5th Duke of Medina Sidonia. Upon his brother's death in 1549, he became Duke of Medina Sidonia. In 1518 he married his brother's wife, Ana de Aragón (d. 1528), daughter of Alonso de Aragón, and had issue: * Juan Carlos de Guzmán y Aragón (d. 1556), married Leonor de Zúñiga y Sotomayor and had a son, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia * Ana Pérez de Guzmán y Aragón, married Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of Frías, with issue * Leonor Ana de Guzmán y Aragón (c. 1540 – 23 November 1573), married Pedro Téllez-Girón, 1st Duke of Osuna, with issue As Don Juan Carlos predeceased his father in 1556, the title passed to his eldest s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Pérez De Guzmán, 5th Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Guzmán-Zúñiga, 5th Duke of Medina Sidonia (d. 1549) was the son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia and became Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1512 when his half brother, Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia died childless. Declared "impotent and stupid" ("mentecato", in 16th-century Spanish language) by King Charles I of Spain in 1518, his wife Ana de Aragón was the daughter of Alonso de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza, the illegitimate son of Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of .... After the 5th duke's death, his widow married his brother Juan Alfonso, the 6th Duke. 1549 deaths Year of birth unknown Dukes of Medina Sidonia {{Europe-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Pérez De Guzmán, 4th Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Don Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia (died 1512) was the son of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia. He was Duke of Medina Sidonia from 1507. No issue by his wife María Téllez Girón. 1512 deaths Year of birth unknown Dukes of Medina Sidonia {{duke-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Alonso Pérez De Guzmán, 3rd Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Don Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Afán de Ribera, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia (February 1464 – 1507) inherited the title in 1492, aged 28. In 1502, as Gibraltar was transferred to the Crown, the Marquisate of Gibraltar disappeared. His mother is known as Leonor de Mendoza y Ribera, although he was known by using as his second name "Afan de Ribera". This could be because his mother was a Mendoza, and it was not unknown for women and ecclesiastics to use the name of their mother, in spite of her father being an "Afan de Ribera". He married twice, being the father of the 4th, 5th and 6th Duke. Among his children were: * Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia, married, no issue * Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 5th Duke of Medina Sidonia, declared incapacitated * Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia, married * Leonor Pérez de Guzmán y Pérez de Guzmán, married Jaime I, Duke of Braganza, the most powerful noble in all of Portugal Portug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Pérez De Guzmán Y Fonseca, 2nd Duke Of Medina Sidonia
Don Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fonseca, 2nd Duke of Medina Sidonia (died 1492), became the second Duke in 1468. Born out of wedlock, his birth was later legitimised by the "Reyes Católicos" Ferdinand and Isabella, and consequently he obtained the right to inherit the title from his father, Juan Alonso de Guzmán. He participated in the Conquest of the Emirate of Granada The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Emirate, Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty. It was the last independent Muslim state in Western ..., and was granted in 1478 the title of Marquis of Gibraltar. In those days, according to historian Salvador de Madariaga, he was considered the wealthiest man in Spain. Marriage and children Enrique de Guzmán married in 1463 Leonor de Ribera y Mendoza, Lady of Olivares, daughter of the 3rd Adelantado of Andalusia, Per Afán de Ribera, and his second wife M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Pérez De Guzmán, 2nd Count Of Niebla
Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y de Castilla, 2nd Count of Niebla (in full, ) (20 February 1391 – 31 August 1436) was a Spanish nobleman and military figure of the Reconquista. He drowned while attempting the Seventh Siege of Gibraltar. Biography He was the son of Juan Alonso de Guzmán and of Beatriz de Castilla y Ponce de León, Lady of Niebla (died 1409), an illegitimate daughter of Henry II of Castile and of Beatriz Ponce de León. On 4 March 1405 he married Teresa Suárez de Figueroa y Orozco, Lady of Escamilla and Santa Olalla, daughter of Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa, Master of the Military Order of Santiago, and of Maria de Orozco. In 1418, he bought the Lordship of the Canary Islands from its conquerer Jean de Béthencourt. In 1430, he transferred ownership of the Canary islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote to Hernan Peraza the Elder, who had the rights to the remaining, not yet conquered islands. This move helped Peraza to unify all islands the Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
