• Portuguese noble family of explorers João Vaz Corte-Real (died 1496), Portuguese explorer Miguel Corte-Real (c. 1448–1502), Portuguese explorer Gaspar Corte-Real...
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    Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led...
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    born into the noble Corte-Real family on Terceira in the Azores Islands, the youngest of three sons of Portuguese explorer João Vaz Corte-Real (c. 1420–1496)...
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    Dom Aleixo (redirect from Aleixo Corte-Real)
    Aleixo Corte-Real (1886 – May 1943), better known under the name of Dom Aleixo, was a noble Timorese chieftain (régulo) and a Portuguese hero during World...
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    Barnes & Noble. It is located across the freeway from The Village at Corte Madera and the two shopping centers provide much of the city of Corte Madera's...
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    Nobility (redirect from Royal and Noble)
    nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and by...
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  • rights of Italian nobles after the republican constitution (promulgated in 1947) put an end to official recognition of nobility and noble titles.[citation...
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  • "one who rules by himself.” Many titles listed may also be used by lesser nobles – non-sovereigns – depending on the historical period and state. The sovereign...
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    The Corte-Real family (also Côrte-Real and Corte Real) is a Portuguese noble family dating back to 14th century, originating in Tavira. The family is famous...
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  • son of Hernán Cortés and Doña Marina (La Malinche), nicknamed "El Mestizo". Illegitimate by birth, Doña Marina's son Martín lacked the noble title of don...
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  • Doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma (c. 1528 – before 1594) was the out-of-wedlock daughter of Hernán Cortés, conquistador of Mexico, and Doña Isabel Moctezuma...
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    The Cortes also approved legislation and voted on tax issues. The Cortes was organised into four Estates or branches: the clergy, the great nobles (Spanish:...
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    Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl (between 1568 and 1580, died in 1648) was a nobleman of partial Aztec noble descent in the Spanish Viceroyalty of...
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    place between 1519 and 1521, this event saw the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, and his small army of European soldiers and numerous indigenous allies...
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    be known as cortes (Castilian Spanish) or corts (Valencian Spanish). They began as advisory councils made up of the most powerful nobles and the feudal...
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  • Nosotros los Nobles, also called The Noble Family and We Are the Nobles, is a 2013 Mexican dark comedy film directed by Gary Alazraki, starring Gonzalo...
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    the most important Valley ruler, in 1521. He was baptized as Don Juan Cortes. Nobles, who converted to Christianity, were permitted to keep their traditional...
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    The Republic, a noble lie is a myth or a lie knowingly propagated by an elite to maintain social harmony. Plato presented the noble lie (γενναῖον ψεῦδος...
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    Jerónimo Corte-Real (1533–1588) was a Portuguese epic poet, who was of noble Portuguese stock. He is sometimes regarded as the Portuguese Virgil. Jerónimo...
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    The Cortes of Cádiz was a revival of the traditional cortes (Spanish parliament), which as an institution had not functioned for many years, but it met...
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  • Cortés (Castilian, Galician, Valencian), Cortês (Portuguese), Cortès (Catalan) is a surname of Spanish and Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname...
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  • subsidies), was probably the most frequent reason for convening the Cortes. As the nobles and clergy were largely tax-exempt, setting taxation involved intensive...
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    Royal court (redirect from Noble Court)
    individuals constituted the court. These courtiers included the monarch or noble's camarilla and retinue, household, nobility, clergy, those with court appointments...
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    the latter part of his life. Corte-Real was born in Goa, Portuguese India (present-day India), around 1710 into a noble family. His father's name was...
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    102–103. Cortés, H. 1520, p. 69. Cortés, H. 1520, p. 71. Cortés, H. 1520, p. 70. Cortés, H. 1520, p. 72. Cortés, Hernan. 1520, p. 73. Cortés, H. 1520...
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    the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest...
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    2020-02-25]. "Corte Portugueza. Casa de Suas Magestade" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023. "Corte Portugueza...
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  • A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance[clarification needed]...
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    King to consult the Cortes before entering a war. Prelates, nobles, and commoners met separately in the three estates of the Cortes. In this meeting, new...
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    northern Italy, built between the 14th and the 17th century mainly by the noble family of Gonzaga as their royal residence in the capital of their Duchy...
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