Posted by manuel on 6/5/2008, 19:39:50, in reply to "Re: Death of a Grandee and former PM"
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Henri has given a useful information.
Grandee of Spain (Grande de España) is a category in the Spanish nobility. All Dukes are Grandees, while other titles can be with or without Grandeeship. The category or dignity was created by Carlos I of Spain, aka Emperor Karl V, before his coronation as Emperor. Creating that category, he wanted to give the most prominent noble families a rank similar to the Princes of the Empire.
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: Could someone please define the term
: "Grandee of Spain"? Is there an
: equivalent term in other countries?
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: --Previous Message--
: Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish PM
: (1981-1982)
: has died today. It is the first PM since the
: restoration of the democracy that has died.
: His relation to royalty? He was a monarchist
: since his youth. And he was one of the
: bearers of Infante don Alfonso's coffin in
: Estoril in 1956.
: He was PM and the last one to talk about
: "His Majesty's Govt" and "His
: Majesty's Opposition", IIRC
: In 2002, he was created Marquis of the Ria
: de Ribadeo, with Grandeeship of Spain.
: Ribadeo is a small town in my Galicia, where
: he will be buried.
:
:
:
: Swearing in a Spanish PM. The King and Queen
: in black, because of the recent death of
: Queen Frederika.
:
:
:
: Present when the PoA delivered his first
: speech in Oviedo.
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