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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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 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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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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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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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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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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founded by the Spanish conquistadors in 1525 under the command of Capitán General Don Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras, which was on route to conquer the...
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Cruz, Manila, Philippines. It was built in honour of the 18th-century Capitán General of Manila, Don Francisco Carriedo y Peredo, benefactor of Manila's...
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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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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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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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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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ISBN 9788499699653. Rodríguez González, Agustín (2017). Álvaro de Bazán: Capitán general del Mar Océano. EDAF. ISBN 9788441438033. Valdez-Bubnov, Iván (2012)...
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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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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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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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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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Videla, the first head of state in the world to visit Antarctica. The Capitán General Bernardo O ́Higgins Riquelme Bust was erected in 1948 opposite the...
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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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Francisco Castillo Fajardo, 2nd Marquis of Villadarias (category Spanish generals)
he unsuccessfully defended Charleroi against the French, becoming Capitán General de Guipúzcoa in 1696. In 1698 he successfully defended Oran against...
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Luis de Lacy (category Captains General of Catalonia)
Tecera and appointed Capitán-General of Catalonia in 1789. An aunt married George Browne, another Irish exile who was Governor-General of Livonia, Russia...
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Eduardo López Ochoa (category Spanish generals)
of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931, López Ochoa was designated capitán general of Catalonia by Francesc Macià. He led troops to crush the insurrection...
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Adelantado mayor y capitán general de los Reinos de Murcia y Granada, alcaide de los alcázares de Murcia y Lorca, Adelantado mayor y capitán general del Reino...
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Kingdom of Galicia..." (1748), in Vigo Trasancos, Alfredo (1998). "El capitán general Pedro Martín Cermeño y el Reino de Galicia". Semata Ciencias Socias...
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