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  2. Category:Spanish noble families - Wikipedia

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    House of Castro. House of Cotoner. House of Fuenmayor. House of Luzárraga. House of Medina Sidonia. House of Méndez de Sotomayor. House of Mendoza. House of Narro. House of Olaso.

  3. History of taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    Taxidermy, or the process of preserving animal skin together with its feathers, fur, or scales, is an art whose existence has been short compared to forms such as painting, sculpture, and music. The word derives from two Greek words: taxis, meaning order, preparation, and arrangement and derma, meaning skin. Directly translated, taxidermy means ...

  4. Spanish nobility - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden ...

  5. House of Alba - Wikipedia

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    The House of Alba de Tormes (Spanish: Casa de Alba de Tormes), commonly known as the House of Alba, is a prominent Spanish noble family that descended from 12th-century nobility of post-conquest Toledo. The family's claim to Alba de Tormes dates from 1429, when Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo (of the House of Álvarez de Toledo [ es ]) became Lord ...

  6. House of Álvarez-Cuevas - Wikipedia

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    Álvarez-Cuevas Palace, in El Puerto de Santa María ().. The House of Álvarez-Cuevas has its origins in the Principality of Asturias, although its members soon settled in the Kingdom of Seville, where at the end of the 17th century, the family possessions were in Jerez de la Frontera, Rota and El Puerto de Santa María, the city where the Álvarez-Cuevas Palace [1] is located.

  7. House of Castro - Wikipedia

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    Count of Castro. Grandee of Spain. Duke of Taurisano. The House of Castro is an Iberian noble lineage, beginning mainly in the kingdoms of Castile, Galicia, and Portugal. Though its exact origins are disputed, the House of Castro became one of the most powerful families of the Spanish and Portuguese nobility .

  8. House of Lara - Wikipedia

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    The House of Lara (Spanish: Casa de Lara) is a noble family from the medieval Kingdom of Castile. Two of its branches, the Duques de Nájera and the Marquesado de Aguilar de Campoo were considered Grandees of Spain. The Lara family gained numerous territories in Castile, León, Andalucía, and Galicia and members of the family moved throughout ...

  9. List of noble houses - Wikipedia

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    A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.