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unusual facts about kingdom of Spain



Army of the Pyrenees

At the outbreak of the War of the Pyrenees with the Kingdom of Spain, a decree of 30 April 1793 separated the Armée des Pyrénées into the Army of the eastern Pyrenees (Armée des Pyrénées orientales) and the Army of the western Pyrenees (Armée des Pyrénées occidentales).

Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt

He served as a solder during a number of conflicts and became an Admiral in the navy of the Kingdom of Spain.

Latin American wars of independence

Evolving from the wars Revolutionary France fought with the rest of Europe, the Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving Britain, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Russia and Austria at different times, from 1799 to 1815.

Lordship of Biscay

Since 1379, when John I of Castile became the Lord of Biscay, the lordship got integrated into the Crown of Castile, and eventually the Kingdom of Spain.

Wernigerode Armorial

The arms of the territories and noble families of the kingdom of Spain, of the high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire, Burgundy, Savoy, Milan and Naples (ff. 20-29); the higher nobility of the Holy Roman Empire in the duchies of Kleve, Geldern, Liegnitz, Werdenberg, Württemberg, the Habsburg territories, and the arms of various counts (foll. 29-85).


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Iranzamin School

After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Iranzamin School moved to the Kingdom of Spain and was renamed as the International College Spain (ICS), with its first location in Estepona.

Nicolas Tenorio Cerero

His(its) first destiny in the year 1897, on the paper(role), was in city of Havana, in the island of Cuba (when Spain was concerning(belonged) to the kingdom of Spain); He did not manage to take possession since days before landing in the Island of Cuba War declared itself her(it) Hispanic - American that bore to the proclamation of Cuba as independent country.