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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 .
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Fernando Rodríguez [a] de Castro (1125–1185) was a Castilian nobleman, statesman and military leader who made his career in León. He was the leader of the House of Castro during the civil wars that followed the death of Sancho III of Castile and the succession of the infant Alfonso VIII .
A letter written by the 14-year-old Castro, learning English, to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt—"My good friend Roosvelt []."In the letter Castro expresses his joy at Roosevelt's re-election, states his age as "twelve years old" (he was actually 14) and writes, "If you like, give me a ten dollar bill green American [sic], because never, I have not seen a ten dollar bill", signing the ...
Juanita Castro co-wrote her memoirs and the history of the Castro family, ‘Fidel and Raúl, mis Hermanos, la historia secreta’ (Fidel and Raúl, my brothers, the secret history (Aguilar, 2009 ...
She was born into the House of Castro as the daughter of Pedro Fernández de Castro and Isabel Ponce de León. She was the sister of Fernando Ruiz de Castro [1] and the half-sister of Inês de Castro [2] and Álvaro Pires de Castro. Among her advisors were her uncle-in-law Enrique Enríquez the Younger and Men Rodríguez de Sanabria . [2]
The building was destroyed by a hurricane in 1919, and its directors got a donation from the Cuban government to rebuild it and house a Cuban consulate in Key West.
Castro (first from the left), Che Guevara (center), William Alexander Morgan (second from the right), and other leading revolutionaries marching through the streets in protest over the La Coubre explosion, 5 March 1960. Castro used radio and television to develop a "dialogue with the people", posing questions and making provocative statements ...