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The Order of Trujillo was the Castilian branch of the order until 1195. To defend this conquest, on a border exposed to many assaults, the king resorted to military orders. The Middle Ages knew neither standing armies nor garrisons, a deficiency that the military orders supplied, combining as they did military training with monastic stability.
Religiously, the orders were organized by convents, with a main convent serving as the headquarters of the order. The Order of Santiago was based in Uclés, following the rifts of the order with the Leonese monarch Ferdinand II. The Order of Alcántara was based in the Extremaduran village that gave it its name.
Habit of the Order of Santiago Pedro Antonio de Medrano y Albelda (December 14, 1642 – December 1721) [ 1 ] was a Knight of the Order of Alcántara , a nobleman from the House of Medrano in La Rioja , and the regent of the Royal Council of Navarre on May 9, 1702, during the reign of Philip V of Spain .
Cross of the Order of Santiago.. Pedro Muñiz de Godoy y Sandoval was a Castilian Spanish noble, [1] in the service of Henry II of Castile, and John I of Castile.He was the Grand Master of several military orders including the Order of Alcántara, the Order of Calatrava, the Order of Santiago and adelantado of Andalucía. [2]
Frey Nicolás de Ovando (c. 1460 – 29 May 1511 [1] [2]) was a Spanish soldier from a noble family and a Knight of the Order of Alcántara, a military order of Spain.He was Governor of the Indies from 1502 until 1509, sent by the Spanish crown to investigate the administration of Francisco de Bobadilla and re-establish order.
List of Grand Masters of the Order of Alcantara. Add languages. Add links. Article; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Redirect page ...
Born in Plasencia, Ávila y Zúñiga came to the attention of the king of Spain, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, serving him as ambassador to Rome.He was made a grand commander of the order of the Knights of Alcantara and accompanied the emperor to Africa in 1541.
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