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    The Region of Murcia (/ˈmʊərsiə/, US also /ˈmɜːrʃ(i)ə/; Spanish: Región de Murcia [reˈxjon de ˈmuɾθja]; Valencian: Regió de Múrcia) is an autonomous community...
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    entrusted wide competences to a senior officer called the Adelantado Mayor over the whole Kingdom of Murcia (then a borderland of the Crown of Castile, nearing...
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    Fernandez de Castro was Lord (Señor) of Lemos and Sarria and served as mayordomo mayor (lord steward) of Alfonso XI of Castile, adelantado de la frontera...
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    supported King Peter the Cruel, who appointed him adelantado mayor of Castile in 1360 and frontero mayor of Murcia in 1364. In 1366, he betrayed the King and...
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  • marqués de los Vélez, señor de Mula, Lebrilla, Alhama y Benitaglar, Adelantado mayor y capitán general de los Reinos de Murcia y Granada, alcaide de los alcázares...
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    Molina de Segura is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia. It is located 10 km from the provincial capital, Murcia. It...
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    the Lady Mayor Rodríguez Pecha. His maternal grandparents were Rodrigo González de Ceballos, mayor of Toledo and adelantado mayor of Murcia, and his wife...
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  • count, the Frenchman Pierre de Villaines, who received it from Henry II of Castile on 20 December 1369, Adelantado of Murcia, 1396, Constable of Castile...
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  • Librilla, Molina Seca, and La Puebla [es]. He was Adelantado-Mayor and Captain-General of the Kingdom of Murcia, Commander of Caravaca and Trece (a councillor...
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    the main involvements, the creation of the military appointment of Adelantado Mayor de la Frontera (Major Governor of the Border) stands out, which kept...
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    children: Fernán Pérez Ponce de León (died in 1291 in Jerez de la Frontera), Lord of Puebla de Asturias, Cangas and Tineo, adelantado of the frontier of Andalusia...
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  • marriage: Martin Gil de Alburquerque (ca. 1325 – 1365) became lord of Alburquerque at the death of his father and was the adelantado of Murcia. He was executed...
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  • trio made up of Pedro Manrique de Lara, Mayor adelantado of León, Fadrique Enríquez, Admiral of Castile, and Pedro de Estúñiga, Count of Ledesma, heads...
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    encountered a Castilian army under the command of Nuño González de Lara "el Bueno", adelantado mayor de Andalucia and castellan of Écija. Though some had advised...
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  • de Publicaciones de la Universidad de León y Consejería de Cultura y Turismo de la Junta de Castilla y León (ed.), Los adelantados y merinos mayores de...
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    reinstated in early 1274 when he was named the Adelantado Mayor de la Frontera de Andalucia. In 1273, Juan Núñez I de Lara formed part of the embassy sent by...
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    Vado de las Estacas. She was daughter of Rodrigo González de Ceballos, Alcalde Mayor of Toledo and Adelantado Mayor of Murcia, and María Fernández de Caviedes...
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    Villena, adelantado mayor of Murcia and Lord of Villena, the most prosperous nobleman of the realm. In 1351, the King took counsel from Juan Alfonso de Alburquerque...
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    for trade, the Casa de Contratación gave permission to Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460–1527) to again conduct an expedition as adelantado to this area, Bastidas...
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    Pedro Muñiz de Godoy, master of the orders of Santiago and Calatrava, Adelantado-Mayor and Capitán-General of the border with Portugal, who distinguished...
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    Juan Núñez II de Lara, who also received the position of Adelantado mayor of the Andalusian border, while returning Écija to María de Molina, for having...
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  • of Spain, Barón of Castellví de Rosanes, Adelantado mayor del Reino de Murcia, Alcaide perpetuo de los Reales Alcázares de Lorca and many other honorary...
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    House of Medina Sidonia (category Álvarez de Toledo family)
    such as St. Dominic de Guzmán, who is considered the patron of the house, Pedro Núñez de Guzmán, sometimes mentioned as Adelantado Mayor of Castile, other...
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    Battle of Los Alporchones (category History of Murcia (region))
    slain in a battle in Caravaca de la Cruz against soldiers under the command of his cousin, Pedro Fajardo, the Adelantado in the service of Henry IV of...
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  • greater privilege with the title Señor de Molina and as son of the King. As the position of Adelantado Mayor of the Frontier of Andalucia was vacant...
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    Esteban Navarro Soriano (born 18 March 1965, in Moratalla, Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish novelist. He is known for being one of the pioneers in digital publishing...
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    to Galicia as Adelantado Mayor; he would later be granted the title of Pertigueiro Maior, or first minister and commander of the Terra de Santiago. For...
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    count, the Frenchman Pierre de Villaines, who received it from Henry II of Castile on 20 December 1369, Adelantado of Murcia, 1396, Constable of Castile...
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    begun by Pedro Enríquez de Quiñones, Adelantado Mayor of Andalusía, and his wife Catalina de Rivera, founder of the Casa de Alcalá, and completed by...
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  • Ávila El Adelantado de Segovia [es]: Segovia Heraldo-Diario de Soria: Soria, sold along with El Mundo throughout Soria Province) La Voz de Galicia: A...
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