century the two main naval captain general posts were Capitán-General de la Armada del Mar Océano and Capitán-General de Galeras, roughly Commander-in-Chief...
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Five-star rank (redirect from Five-star general)
Capitán general ("captain general") shoulder board Capitán general de la Armada ("captain general of the navy") shoulder board and sleeve Capitán general...
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Captain General (Spanish: Capitán General) has been the highest rank in the Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra) since the 18th century. A five-star rank...
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by the Spanish in Mexico City and later Madrid as "Captain General"– Spanish: Capitán General de Filipinas, Filipino: Kapitan Heneral ng Pilipinas) from...
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Captain General of the Air Force (Spanish: Capitán General del Aire or Capitán General del Ejército del Aire) is a five-star air force officer rank and...
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Captain general of the Navy (Spanish: Capitán general de la Armada) is the highest naval officer rank of the Spanish Navy, rated OF-10 with the NATO ranking...
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The office of Captain General of Catalonia (Spanish: Capitán general de Cataluña; Catalan: Capità general de Catalunya) was created in 1713 by the Nueva...
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Cabannas, Capitán general de la Armada; D. Alvaro de Figueroa y Torres, don Manuel García Prieto, don Dámaso Berenguer Fusté, Teniente general; D. José...
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Captain-General, with the full title of "Celentísimo Capitán General de las Esfuerzas Españolas en Filipinas" (The Most Esteemed Captain-General of the...
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term, is the absolute superlative of generale ('general') thus meaning "the highest-ranking of all generals". The superlative suffix -issimo itself derives...
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the Governor-General of the Philippines (Gobernador y Capitán General). With the seat of power in Intramuros, Manila, the Governor-General was given several...
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The Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School (Spanish: Escuela Militar Capitán General Gerardo Barrios), abbreviated as the EMCGGB, was a military...
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Spanish Navy v t e Capitán general Almirante general Almirante Vicealmirante Contralmirante Capitán de navío Capitán de fragata Capitán de corbeta Teniente...
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governor of Cádiz. In 1923, he was promoted to brigadier-general, and by 1929, he was major-general. After the proclamation of the Second Republic, the military...
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Juan de Lángara (redirect from General Lángara)
soon afterwards, Lángara's career did not suffer. By 1793 he was a Capitán General of the Spanish fleet, after serving for a time as an effective naval...
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Felipe VI (category Spanish captain generals)
2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016. "Felipe VI recibe la bengala de capitán general de manos del Jemad". La Razón (in Spanish). 6 January 2016. Archived...
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ISBN 9788432165191. Rodríguez González, Augustín (2017). Álvaro de Bazán: Capitán general del Mar Océano. EDAF. ISBN 9788441438033. Media related to Galleasses...
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the Armed Forces is the King of Spain; with the ex officio rank of Capitán General in the Army, Navy and Air and Space Force. The Spanish Constitution...
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Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado (category Spanish captain generals)
Chile rising to the rank of Maestre de Campo and temporary Capitán General of the Captaincy General of Chile. Lorenzo Bernal del Mercado was born in Cantalapiedra...
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Juan Carlos I (category Air captain generals)
BOE-A-2014-6477. SER, Cadena (17 June 2014). "El rey Juan Carlos será capitán general del Ejército en la reserva a título vitalicio". Cadena SER (in European...
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1534 by the Emperor Charles I of Spain, inferior in rank only to the capitán general and acted as a chief of staff. He was chosen by the monarch in the...
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Escuela Especializada en Ingeniería FEPADE, ITCA-FEPADE Escuela Militar Capitán General Gerardo Barrios Escuela Nacional de Agricultura "Roberto Quiñónez"...
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the Capitán General to lower level officers. In Argentina, since the 1813 law in which ranks where divided into three groups, Oficiales generales, oficiales...
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Manuel Godoy (category Spanish generals)
master of the orders of Santiago and Calatrava, Adelantado-Mayor and Capitán-General of the border with Portugal, who distinguished himself during the reign...
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Real Audiencia of Concepción (category 1565 establishments in the Captaincy General of Chile)
functions of the Audiencia were entrusted to the lieutenant governor and capitán general of Chile. Barrientos Grandon, Javier (1993). "La Real Audiencia de...
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and settled at the Philippines. They were led by De Sande, acting as Capitán-General. He organized an expedition from Manila for Brunei, consisting of 400...
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reflected at the general officers insignia and enlisted ranks that resembled those of the US military (the silver stars used by generals and admirals were...
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appointed by the Governor of Chile, García Hurtado de Mendoza, as capitán general y teniente gobernador para poblar, fundar, repartir tierras y encomendar...
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Chile, commune in the Capitán Prat Province, Aysén Region, Chile Villa O'Higgins, the capital of the O'Higgins commune Base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme...
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preparations for an expedition to Borneo. De Sande assumed the title of Capitán-General and assembled a fleet carrying 200 Spaniards, 200 Mexicans, 1,500 native...
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