Order of Alcántara (Leonese: Orde de Alcántara, Spanish: Orden de Alcántara), also called the Knights of St. Julian, was originally a military order of...

military soldier and a doctor. Alcántara also served as club director of Barcelona between 1931 and 1934. In 1951, Alcántara became a coach and managed Spain...

Alcántara (Spanish: [alˈkan.ta.ɾa] ) is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from...

The Alcántara Bridge (also known as Trajan's Bridge at Alcantara) is a Roman bridge at Alcántara, in Extremadura, Spain. Alcántara is from the Arabic word...

Look up Alcantara, Alcántara, or alcántara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alcantara, Alcântara (Portuguese), Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera...

such. The Order of Santiago is one of the four Spanish military orders, together with those of Calatrava, Alcántara, and Montesa. The Order's insignia...

Toray formed Alcantara SpA in order to manufacture and distribute the material. The company is now owned by Toray and Mitsui. Alcantara is composed of...

San Benito de Alcántara is a monastery in Alcántara, in the province of Cáceres, Spain. After the Christian conquest of Alcántara in 1213, the city was...

Crisóstomo "Izzy" Alcántara (born May 6, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. Alcántara was signed as...

media conglomerate Grupo Prisa. Roberto Alcántara is the son of the politician and businessman Jesus Alcántara Miranda, who was mayor of Acambay, located...

Peter of Alcántara, OFM (born Peter Garavita; Spanish: Pedro de Alcántara; 1499 – October 18, 1562) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in...

An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original...

Military Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara and Montesa, and grand commander of the Order of Alcántara. He is also a grandee of Spain, as the son...

(366): 655–670. O'Callaghan, Joseph F. (1962). "The Foundation of the Order of Alcántara, 1176–1218". The Catholic Historical Review. 4 (4): 471–486. O'Callaghan...

(secondary coordinates) The Alcântara Space Center (Portuguese: Centro Espacial de Alcântara, CEA), former known as Alcântara Launch Center (Portuguese:...

brotherhoods of Calatrava, Santiago, Alcantara, and Avis in the Peninsula. All these fraternities were established in order to help the weak and fight the Saracen;...

With the decline of Muslim power, new orders sprang up, including the Alcántara in the Kingdom of León and Avis in Portugal. Both began under Calatrava's...

The Order of Montesa (Valencian: Ordre de Montesa, Aragonese and Spanish: Orden de Montesa) is a Christian military order, territorially limited to the...

initiated as a novice knight in the Order of Alcántara, and was also a knight of the Portuguese Order of Christ and Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz. He served...

Detachment Gen Arsenio Linares (w) Gen José Toral y Velázquez El Caney order of battle Wheeler was the senior most front line commander during the battle...

Greif fought under no flag. The first shell hit Alcantara's bridge, disabling her steering gear, engine order telegraph and all telephones and killing or...

Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights. They...

conquer Cambodia and Mindanao. Pérez Dasmariñas was a knight of the Order of Alcántara. His father, Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, was governor of the Philippines...

Pedro de Alcántara Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Lopez-Pacheco, 14th Duke of Medina Sidonia (Madrid, 25 August 1724 – Vilafranca del Penedès, 6 January 1779)...

in 1445 by John II to Gutierre de Sotomayor, Grand master of the Order of Alcántara. The title makes reference to Alconchel, a town in Badajoz. Gutierre...

defeated the Portuguese forces of the Prior of Crato in the Battle of Alcántara, in the context of the Portuguese succession crisis. The Portuguese troops...

León, 1170. Order of Alcántara (Order of Alcántara), St. Julian de Pereiro, 1176. Orden de Santa María de Montesa y San Jorge de Alfama (Order de St. Mary...

Spanish soldier from a noble family and a Knight of the Order of Alcántara, a military order of Spain. He was Governor of the Indies (Hispaniola) from...

December 1901 Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, 1 December 1901 Knight of the Order of Alcántara, 13 April 1923 Heraldry of Prince Alfonso...

Tormes 12 11 Tamames 10 9 8 Talavera 7 Alcántara 6 Medellín 5 Ciudad Real 4 3 2 Uclés 1    The Battle of Alcántara (14 May 1809) saw an Imperial French...