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unusual facts about Alfonso, Cavite



Adolfo Vaccaro

Bogado (1964), Capitán Alfonso del Puerto de Misiones (1967) and Atlético Posadas de (from Posadas, Argentina).

Airas Nunes

It is thought that he may have collaborated in the composition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X the Wise.

Alessandro Corbelli

He has frequently showed his versatility by singing two roles from the same opera: Figaro and the Count in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Leporello and the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Guglielmo and Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, and Dandini and Don Magnifico in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, among others.

Alfonso Domínguez

Alfonso Enrique Domínguez Maidana (born September 24, 1965 in Durazno) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

Alfonso Escámez

Alfonso Escámez (1 January 1916 – 16 May 2010) was a Spanish banker.

Alfonso Pérez de Vivero, Count of Fuensaldaña

Alfonso Pérez de Vivero (Valladolid, 1603 - Cambrai, 21 November 1661), Count of Fuensaldaña, was a Spanish soldier, nobleman and officeholder.

Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz

On 25 November 1950, Alfonso received the title Duc de Bourbon (Duke of Bourbon) from his father.

Alvaro Obertos de Valeto

Genoese family of Fíeseos who participated in the capture of Seville and Jerez in the service of Kingdom of Castile Fernando III and Alfonso X. His parents were Francisco de Morla and Francisca Martinez Obertos de Valeto, the daughter of Miguel Vargas Obertos de Valeto and Juana and Martinez Trujillo.

Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota

Pedro Fernández de Castro, who had promised King Alfonso XI to help in the fight against Juan Manuel, went with his troops to Peñafiel and challenged Juan Manuel to fight.

Bertrán de Risnel

There he is placed in the second tier of nobility, immediately beneath Alfonso VI, Henry of Portugal, and Raymond of Galicia, and beside Fruela Díaz.

Brigade de la Légion Rey Alfonso XIII

The Legion Brigade "King Alfonso XIII" (BILREG) is a regiment of the Spanish Legion comprising 2 tercios with elements in Viator (Almeria) and Ronda (Malaga)

Bruce Conde

Bruce Conde (aka Bruce Alsono Bourbon de Conde, aka Alfonso Yorba) (5 December 1913 – 19 July 1992) was a US Army officer, stamp collector, royal pretender, and a general for Royalist forces during the North Yemen Civil War.

Dasmariñas City Council

The City Council of Dasmariñas (Filipino: Sangguniang Panglungsod ng Dasmariñas) is the legislature of the city of Dasmariñas, Cavite.

David F. Alfonso

Additionally in 2011, FIU’s Athletic Department and FIU alumnus Alfonso announced a five-year deal for the exclusive naming rights for the Panther Football team’s home field now called “Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.

Dino Carlo Chua

He also became the Franchise Owner of Padis Point Restaurant in Cavite, Co-owner of Culture Club in Eastwood City, Libis, Co-Owner of ClubV Ultimate bar in Mile Long, Makati, Executive Producer of Delta Records Corp. and Developer / President of DeltaLand Realty Corporation (Owner of Villa Tanza Executive Homes).

Federico Cantú Garza

He was especially fond of 15th-century French poet François Villon, but also read much of the work of Alfonso Reyes, Renato Leduc, Efraín Huerta, Jean Nicolas, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Valéry, Lord Byron, Goethe, André Malraux, and Paul Éluard .

FIU Stadium

In April 2011, the field was named Alfonso Field after alumnus David F. Alfonso.

Gabriele Manfredi

He was the son of Alfonso Manfredi, a notary from Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, and Anna Maria Fiorini.

Galician-Portuguese lyric

In addition to these there is the priceless collection of over 400 Galician-Portugues cantigas in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which tradition attributes to Alfonso X, in whose court (as nearly everywhere in the Peninsula) Galician-Portuguese was the only language for lyric poetry (except for visiting Occitan poets).

General Trias International FC

General Trias International FC is a Filipino association football club composed wholly South Korean players based in Gen. Trias, Cavite and a member of Cavite Football Association.

Gomelo II

According to a later falsified document of bishop Pelagius of Oviedo, Alfonso III held a council at Oviedo in 899 or 900 and with the approval of a certain "Pope John" (perhaps John VIII was intended) raised Oviedo to metropolitan rank.

Henry Herford

Notable among his roles are the Count (The Marriage of Figaro), Guglielmo and Alfonso (Cosi Fan Tutte), the title role in Don Giovanni, Germont (La Traviata), Silvio (I Pagliacci), Dr Falke (Die Fledermaus), the Forester (The Cunning Little Vixen), Smirnov (William Walton's The Bear), and Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream), which he recorded for Virgin Records.

Hiromi Hayakawa

She is the daughter of Alfonso Javier Hayakawa, who is of Japanese descent and a native of Torreón, Coahuila, and Lourdes Elsa Salas, from the city of Chihuahua.

Imanol Ordorika Sacristán

In 2004 Ordorika received the Frank Talbott Jr. Visiting University Chair from the University of Virginia and in 2006 he was awarded the Alfonso Reyes Chaire des Etudes Mexicaines by the University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle).

Imus

Gilbert Remulla, news anchor, TV host, former representative 1st district of Cavite

José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez

José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (30 October 1873 – 9 August 1938) was the sixth Bishop and second Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.

Joseph Emilio Abaya

Prior to representing the first district of Cavite to the House of Representatives in 2004, he first served in the Armed Forces of the Philippines as a cadet (1984–1988) and as a naval officer of the Philippine Navy (1988–2004).

Juan III

Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913–1993), third surviving son and designated heir of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg

Juan Manuel of Castile

Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (1282–1349), son of the above, nephew of King Alfonso X el Sabio

Juan Núñez III de Lara

Juan Núñez de Lara, Juan Manuel, Pedro Fernández de Castro, Juan Alfonso de la Cerda, lord of Gibraleón, knights of France, England and Germany, and even King Philip III of Navarre, king consort of Navarra, who came accompanied by 100 horsemen and 300 infantry all participated in the siege.

Julieta Sciancalepore

By mid April, May Sciancalepore was linked in an affair with her dance partner, which she had always denied, until Alfonso said that he was in a relationship with the Argentine top model Paula Chaves.

Libros del saber de astronomía

The Libros del saber de astronomía del rey Alfonso X de Castilla (Books of wisdom of astronomy of King Alfonso X of Castile) is a literary work of the medieval period, composed during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile.

Linda McLean

McLean was added to a roster with an eclectic assortment of artists including Johnny Dowd, Paul Hyde, Jeb Loy Nicols among many others; artists hand selected by Alfonso to suit his personal attraction to strong lyrics and innovative musical arrangements.

Manuel Earnshaw

He was born in Cavite, Philippine Islands, born November 19, 1862; attended the Ateneo de Manila and the Nauti School, Manila, Philippine Islands.

Maria Rosa Calvo-Manzano

She has also been recognized with numerous national and international prizes and decorated by the King of Spain with "El Lazo de Isabel la Católica" and "La Encomienda de Alfonso X el Sabio".

Martin Escudero

He studied in Academe of St. Jude Thaddeus in General Mariano Alvarez (GMA), Cavite, where he was active participant of Boy Scout of the Philippines under Eagle Scout Andrew Alcantara.

Méndez Núñez

Mendez, Cavite, a fourth class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines

Mendez, Cavite

Mendez continued to be a municipality from 1875 to 15 October 1903 when, under Public Act No. 947 of the Philippine Commission reduced the 22 municipalities of Cavite to nine.

Panama Al Brown

Alfonso Teofilo Brown (1902–1951), better known as Panama Al Brown, was a bantamweight boxer from Panama who made history by becoming boxing's first Hispanic world champion.

Ponce Vela de Cabrera

He starts to appear in royal charters in 1176, and served as the alférez of King Alfonso IX in 1185 and in the following year, in which he was also appointed tenant-in-chief of Mansilla and other villages and regions that had been governed by his relatives count Suero Vermúdez and Pedro Afonso, including Tineo and Babia, Gozón, and Cabezón.

Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutiérrez

He was the Governor-General during the 1872 Cavite mutiny which led to execution of 41 of the mutineers, including the Gomburza martyrs.

Rex Navarrete

Navarrete, on the other hand, was raised by his grandparents in the provinces of Cavite and Batangas.

Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya was born in the rural village of Pastura, New Mexico, to Martin and Rafaelita Anaya.

Saint Thomas More Academy Philippines

These are Main, the only branch that offers high-school enrollees, Annex both of which are located at Bacoor, Cavite, Tanza which is located at Tanza, Cavite and the newly opened branch outside the Cavite province, Las Piñas, located at Las Piñas, Metro Manila.

San Manuel, Pangasinan

On September 12, 2012, gun-for-hire suspect Marcelino Cardinas Jr. (alias Jun Fabro, Barangay Botobot Norte, Balaoan, La Union) was arrested on the Case Unclosed twin murders of San Manuel’s Vice-Mayor Bonifacio Apilado (in Urdaneta City on June 20, 2007,)and Christopher Alfonso (an engineer, on Aug. 21, 2011).

Sancha of Castile

Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre (c.1139-1179),daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile and his first wife Berenguela of Barcelona; wife of Sancho VI of Navarre

Siege of Bayonne

The siege continued through the summer, but in July and August Alfonso was leading forces in a place called Rocha Tallata or Rocathalada, possibly modern Peyrehorade.

Southern Italy

Charles VIII expelled Alfonso II of Naples from Naples in 1495, but was soon forced to withdraw due to the support of Ferdinand II of Aragon for his cousin, Alfonso II's son Ferrantino.

At his death in 1458, the kingdom was again separated and Naples was inherited by Ferrante, Alfonso's illegitimate son.

Stefano Alfonso

The highlight of Alfonso's career came during the 1996 season when he competed in the 1996 Italian Grand Prix, a meeting where he defeated the eventual 1996 World Champion, Billy Hamill.


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Mariano Trías

Assuming the nom-de-guerre 'Labong' (which means "bamboo shoots"), he recruited troops and solicited contributions from rich Filipinos in Indang and Alfonso, Cavite, to help finance the effect.