Oviedo or Uviéu is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located approximately 24 km (15 mi) southwest of Gijón and 23 km (14 mi) southeast of Avilés,both of which lie on the shoreline of the Bay of Biscay. Oviedo's proximity to the ocean of less than 30 kilometres (19 mi) in combination with its elevated position with areas of the city more than 300 metres above sea level causes the city to have a maritime climate,in spite of its not being located on the shoreline itself.
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a member of the British royal family,a male-line granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She later married into the Spanish royal family,and was the wife of Prince Alfonso de Orleans y Borbón,Infante of Spain,a first cousin of Alfonso XIII of Spain.
Xabier Alonso Olano is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation,he is also considered one of the most promising young managers in the world.
Alonso Tostado was a Spanish theologian,councillor of John II of Castile and briefly bishop of Ávila. His epitaph stated "Wonder of earth,all [that] men can know he scanned."
Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of Adalfuns. The original Visigothic name Alfonso suffered the phonetic change of the phoneme /f/ into the mute /h/ in the Early Middle Ages,what eventually suppressed the sound /f/ from the name,deriving in the modern form Alonso. Due to the demographic particularities of the Iberian peninsula during the Middle Ages,this phonetic change was not uniform across the territory and the original form Alfonso also survived in different areas. Therefore,today both forms of the name coexists in Spanish speaking countries.
Alfonso de Santa María de Cartagena was a Jewish convert to Christianity,a Roman Catholic bishop,diplomat,historian and writer of pre-Renaissance Spain.
Alfonso Alonso Blasco,commonly known as Sito Alonso,is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB.
Infante Álvaro,Duke of Galliera was a Spanish Infante,6th Duke of Galliera,and a second cousin of Infante Juan,heir to the Spanish throne from 1941.
DonAlfonso de Orleans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli,Duke of Galliera,is a Spanish aristocrat and the founder of Racing Engineering,a Spanish racing team. He became the 7th Duke of Galliera in 1997.
The Capture of Béjaïa or Capture of Bougie occurred in 1555 when Salah Rais,the Ottoman ruler of Algiers,took the city of Béjaïa from the Spaniards. The main fortification in Béjaïa was the Spanish presidio,occupied by about 100 men under first under Luis Peralta,and then his son Alonso Peralta. The city was captured by Salah Rais from his base of Algiers,at the head of several thousand men and a small fleet consisting in two galleys,a barque,and a French saëte requisitioned in Algiers. Peralta had sent messages to Spain for help,and Andrea Doria prepared to leave with a fleet from Naples,but it was too late.
Alfonsode Aragon y Escobar (1417–1495),Duke of Villahermosa,Count of Ribagorza and Cortes and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava,was an illegitimate son of John II of Aragon and one of his mistresses,Leonor de Escobar,daughter of Alfonso Rodríguez de Escobar.
Alonso de Aragón or Alfonso de Aragón was Archbishop of Zaragoza,Archbishop of Valencia and Lieutenant General of Aragon. Born in Cervera,he was an illegitimate son of Ferdinand II of Aragon by a Catalan noblewoman called Aldonza Ruiz de Ivorra (1454–1513). In his youth his tutor was Antonio Geraldini,brother of the humanist scholar Alessandro Geraldini.
The ninth siege of Gibraltar was a fifteen-month-long siege of the town of Gibraltar that lasted from 1466 until 1467. The siege was conducted by Juan Alonso de Guzmán,the 1st Duke of Medina Sidonia,and resulted in a takeover of the town,then belonging to the Crown of Castile. Unlike other sieges of Gibraltar,which were the result of clashes between different powers,this was a purely internal struggle between rival Castilian factions.
Events in the year 1926 in Spain.
Pecado de amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1978.
Monte calvario is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein and Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa in 1986. It is an original story Delia Fiallo of and directed by Beatriz Sheridan.
Where Are You Going,Alfonso XII? is a 1959 Spanish historical drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Paquita Rico and Vicente Parra. It portrays the life of Alfonso XII of Spain and Maria de las Mercedes. It was followed by a sequel Alfonso XII and María Cristina the following year.
Luis Alfonso Espino García,commonly known as Pacha Espino,is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano.
PP+Cs was an electoral alliance formed on 21 February 2020 by the People's Party (PP) and Citizens (Cs) in the Basque Country ahead of the 2020 regional election.
Alonso of Spain was an infante of Spain,who died in childhood.
