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3 unusual facts about Grandee


Agreement of the People

The Levellers hoped to base England's new constitution on the Agreement of the People, but in the end, the New Model Army based their demands on an alternative less revolutionary document, the Heads of Proposals, that was proposed and supported by the Grandees (senior officers) of the Army.

Flaith

In this later sense a flaith was similar to a magnate or Grandee.

Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné

This family was closely related to the French throne, three of the dukes were Marshals of France and some members were made Grandees of Spain in 1711.


Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos

Domitila (or Domitília) de Castro do Canto e Melo (São Paulo, December 27, 1797 — São Paulo, November 3, 1867), 1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee, then 1st Marchioness of Santos, was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Dom Pedro I.

Esperanza Aguirre

Aguirre married in Madrid, on 1 January 1974, Fernando Ramírez de Haro, 16th Count of Bornos, Grandee of Spain, elder son of Ignacio Ramírez de Haro, 15th Count of Bornos, Grandee of Spain, and his wife Beatriz Valdés, 4th Marquise of Casa Valdés.

Gondomar

Pedro Sarmiento, 3rd Marquis of Mancera (c. 1625–1715) and Count of Gondomar, Grandee of Spain

Send Him Victorious

Secretary of State for Defence Critten and Tory grandee Lord Thorganby resign in protest.

Wallingford House party

The Wallingford House party were a group of senior officers (Grandees) of the New Model Army who met at Wallingford House, the London home of Charles Fleetwood.


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