María Teresa Josefa Antonia Joaquina Rodríguez del Toro Alayza, was the Spanish-born wife of Simón Bolívar. After only two years of engagement and eight months of marriage, she died after contracting yellow fever at 21 years of age. Bolívar swore and kept his promise to never remarry. According to historians, and to Bolívar himself, her death was a turning point in his life that put him in the path to become the liberator of six Latin American nations and the forefather of the Latin American integration process.
Duke of Alba de Tormes, commonly known as Duke of Alba, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain. In 1472, the title of Count of Alba de Tormes, inherited by García Álvarez de Toledo, was elevated to the title of Duke of Alba de Tormes by King Henry IV of Castile.
Argamasilla de Alba is a municipality in the Province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 6,791.
Medrano is a municipality in La Rioja, Spain. It is situated 17km from the capital Logroño. There are 346 inhabitants and it covers 7.46km².
Don José Bernardo de Tagle-Bracho y Pérez de la Riva, 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle was a Peruvian aristocrat who had high status in Spain and Peru in the 17th century.
La antorcha encendida is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso and Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1996. It was the last historical telenovela produced by Televisa. The plot tells the Independence of Mexico, with an emphasis on historical accuracy. It was written by Fausto Zeron Medina in collaboration with Liliana Abud. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on May 6, 1996, and ended on November 15, 1996.
Agoncillo is a town and municipality in La Rioja province in northern Spain.
Don Manuel Rodriguez de Albuerne y Pérez de Tagle, 5th Marquis of Altamira (1733–1791) was a Spanish-Mexican aristocrat. He was a member of the House of Tagle, one of Spain and Mexico's most important and influential noble family during the 16th to the 19th century.
Luisa de Medrano y Bravo de Lagunas y Cienfuegos was a Navarrese-Castilian poet, philosopher, professor, and scholar from the Kingdom of Castile, she became the first female professor in Spain and Europe at the University of Salamanca. Luisa de Medrano belonged to the group of Renaissance women called by their contemporaries "puellae doctae". The Hall of Cloisters of the Higher Schools of the University of Salamanca is named "Lucía de Medrano" in honor of her, and the Castilla-La Mancha Community Board created the Castilla-La Mancha International Award for gender equality called "Luisa de Medrano” in 2015.
Pedro Vélaz de Medrano y Manso de Zúñiga, II Lord of Tabuérniga was the captain general of the Armada de Barlovento and custodian of the Fleet of New Spain, governor of the Tercio of Álava, governor of five galleons from Naples, sailor and prominent Spanish noble during the reign of Felipe IV.
The Marquisate of Vessolla also known as "Vesolla" and even "Besolla," is a Spanish noble title created on September 6, 1702, by King Philip V of Spain in favor of José de Elío y Ayanz de Navarra de Esparza Artieda y Velaz de Medrano. He was a native of Elío, Navarra, and served as the equerry and royal steward to Queen Mariana de Austria. He held the rank of maestre de campo in the Tercios de Navarra, a captain of infantry in the valley of Urraúl, a nobleman of Navarra, mayor of Pamplona, and a representative of the military estate in the Kingdom in 1685.
The Marquessate of Fontellas is a hereditary Spanish noble title granted by King Charles IV, along with the title Viscount of Amalin, in favor of José Joaquín Vélaz de Medrano y Gante, 7th Viscount of Azpa, by Royal Dispatch on April 19, 1793. Its name refers to the municipality of Fontellas in the province of Navarre, which had been the lordship of the Peralta family from 1438 until the early XVI century when it passed to the Gante lineage and then the Medrano lineage.
Don Juan Bravo de Medrano was the I Count of Santa Rosa and a noble from the Bravo de Medrano family in Zacatecas. Juan Bravo de Medrano was the Lieutenant General of the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia, Maestre de Campo of his tercio, and held the first noble title in Zacatecas, granted by King Charles II of Spain on February 8, 1691. The title of Conde de Santa Rosa is linked to an immense estate, centered around the Santa Rosa hacienda situated between Jerez and Juchipila. The Count of Santa Rosa is a descendant of the founder of Zacatecas, Baltasar Temiño de Bañuelos, and the founder of Guadalajara, Cristóbal de Oñate. Juan married Doña Juana de Altamirano Castilla y Aguayo.
Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga was a noble and the lord of Fuenmayor, Agoncillo and Almarza in the Kingdom of Castile. He was born into the ancient and illustrious House of Medrano, high nobility and ricohombres from the Kingdom of Navarre and Castile; and the powerful House of Zúñiga on his mothers side.
Don Martín Juan de Castejón y Medrano was the V lord of Velamazán, Riotuerto, Los Olmillos, Strong House of Arias and La Serna, Gentleman of the Chamber of His Majesty, Perpetual Councilman of Soria and Almazán.
The Count of Torrubia is a Spanish noble title created on August 29, 1694, by King Charles II in favor of García de Medrano y Mendizábal, a Knight of the Order of Calatrava, lord of San Gregorio. The Counts of Torrubia ruled the County of Torrubia, located in Castile-La Mancha, within the province of Guadalajara, Spain, along with other lands. The Counts of Torrubia became Grandees of Spain on succession to the County of Mollina, and rulers of the Marquessate of Villamayor and the Marquessate of Las Nieves.
García de Medrano y Mendizábal, I Count of Torrubia was a prominent noble from the house of Medrano, lord of San Gregorio, alcalde of hijosdalgo in Valladolid (1675), supernumerary alderman of noble birth in the Royal Audiencia and Chancery of Valladolid (1675), oidor of Valladolid (1680), alcalde of Casa y Corte (1684), rector of the University of Salamanca, a knight of the Order of Calatrava and a member of the Council of Orders (1690). He is the son of the regent Don García de Medrano y Álvarez de los Ríos and María Ignacia de Mendizábal y Uribe.
Lorenzo de Medrano y Treviño was a noble from the House of Medrano and the Spanish Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers, artilleryman, and brigade sergeant major of the coast of Granada, notable for his extensive military service during the Peninsular War. Medrano played critical roles in several key battles and military engagements, including the defense of the Júcar River crossing, the Battle of the Fields of Tudela, and the sieges of Morella and Sagunto castles. He was particularly distinguished during the "Escape of the Sappers" at the outset of the Peninsular War, leading troops from Alcalá de Henares to Valencia. Lorenzo was the younger brother of the important military leader and liberal politician Diego de Medrano y Treviño.
José Joaquín Vélaz de Medrano y Gante, 1st Marquess of Fontellas 1st Viscount of Amaláin, 7th Viscount of Azpa, Lieutenant of the Royal Spanish Guards, 14th lord of Fontellas, lord of Autol, Knight of the Order of Malta, representative to the General Courts for the military branch, alcalde of Pamplona and a member of the Cortes of Navarre. He was created 1st Viscount of Amaláin and the 1st Marquess of Fontellas by Royal decree on April 19, 1793, by Charles IV of Spain. He was born in Pamplona and died unmarried in Fontellas on 10 February 1826. His nephew Don Fernando Vélaz de Medrano y Alava succeeded him as the II Marquess of Fontellas.
The Viscounts of Azpa were the rulers of the Viscountcy of Azpa. The Viscountcy takes its name from the town of Azpa, a locality and council located in the municipality of Valle de Egüés, in Navarre province, Spain. The Viscountcy of Azpa is a hereditary Spanish noble title granted to Don Alonso Vélaz de Medrano by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the mid 16th century. The Medrano family, lords of Azpa, Igúzquiza and of the Palace of Vélaz de Medrano in Navarre, were later granted the title Marquess of Fontellas.
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