Don Toribio ALATORRE Y LOPEZ
♂ Don Toribio ALATORRE Y LOPEZ
Eigenschaften
| Art | Wert | Datum | Ort | Quellenangaben |
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| Name | Don Toribio ALATORRE Y LOPEZ |
Ereignisse
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| Geburt | 1650 | Spain nach diesem Ort suchen | |
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Don Toribio Alatorre
Full name: Don Toribio Alatorre y Lopez, born circa 1650.
Summary:
Appointed Count of Santa Cruz de la Torre in 1690 by the King of Spain, in recognition of the fullness of his successful military career, during which he lead or was a part of many successful campaigns for the country of Spain. He also achieved asuccessful political career afterwards, administering territories and trade routes for Spain.
In 1690 Don Toribio Alatorre y Lopez was appointed Count of Santa Cruz de la Torreby the King of Spain. He ascended to this position after he had served His Majesty as Mayor of Cartagena of Indias.
From Segovia, all throughout the Iberian Peninsula, DonToribio Alatorre proved his nobility many times in different years:
in the Order of Santiago,
the Order of Calatrava,
the order of Alcantara,
theorder of Montesa,
the order of Carlos III,
the order of San Juan of Jerusalem,
And in the Royal Chancellery of Valladolid,
the Royal Chancelleryof Granada,
in the Royal Company of the Marine Guards,
and in the Royal Audience of Oviedo
(An “Order” was typically created after a large battle or campaign, in which the heroes were recognized by the king. The Order of Calatrava, for example, may have been likened to the Battle of Bunker Hill. Thereafter, heroes in battle may be awardedmembership in an Order as a reward for heroics, successful campaigns, etc., like receiving a national medal, but with social status and lineage implications.
(While people in the United States tend to remember with great pride an ancestor who may have fought in the Revolutionary War, or who served under General George Washington, and while hotels and inns consider it a distinction to note that a president slept here or there, Americans do not have a class system as such, and having an ancestor who fought in the civil war does not entitle you to special privileges. ManyEuropean countries have had a class system, however, and the ownership of land in European history is much different than in America: privileged classes owned land and common people did not. And withland came money, wealth, and power, so an order might create a lord or a duke, with a title and lands to pass on to heirs.
(With a title, a person was recognized by other nobles and royalty as being of a certain class, with all the privileges that accrue to that status; and with land, he was able to collect rent and taxes and tolls, have farmers work his fields for a share,and accumulate wealth that he could pass on to his heirs like a business owner with a family-run factory. Back then, food was a big stock in trade, as was wine, and the ability to send your goods from one place to another. In France and Germany, for example, a lord may have a vast farm and vineyard near a main waterway. Peasant farmers worked for him for a share of the goods and also for protection in his castle. He would sell the food and wine, but also collect tolls from boats on the river, a lot like legal extortion. Boats that did not pay the tolls might be sunk, and these boats containedthe foods and wines from other farmers and lords. Since there was no other route to the marketplace, the tolls were paid. This also created fighting between lords, and therefore the need for a castle, which served as home, factory, and fortress: if his own paid tolls got to be too much, he might need to attack and take over the tollbooth of the duke downstream. Some of these castles were pretty big, which indicates the shrewdness of the lord and his heirs as businessmen, but also the extremely lucrative nature of the tolls and taxes. The success of this system cannot be underemphasized when looking at the gigantic residences these people built that still stand today.
(Also the need for a castle came when wars between kingdoms broke out, or invading empires needed to be routed from lands deemed to be historically belonging to someone else, and the lords and dukes would be needed to assemble their peasants and train them to fight for the homeland. From these battles would come new Orders and titles, more nobles, and more noble lines. And a lot of these battles took place in wars like the Reconquest of Spain, when Spain decided to take back lands from the Moors, even though the Moors had occupied them for centuries; or the Crusades, etc. An era began of stories with knights in shining armor, and our Don Toribio Alatorre came to prominence during these times.)
Santa Cruz de la Torre is in the Iberian Peninsula in northern Spain, near the south of France. This area had been fought over for centuries for the richness of its land andits access to trade routes, which are of key importance in this period in history. To administer and reign over such an area was a vast responsibility, but came with the possibility of huge financialrewards, social status, and titles top pass down to one's heirs.
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| Beschreibung | 1.-Mexican Family with German Roots 2.- All Families related |
| Hochgeladen | 2022-03-07 23:27:01.0 |
| Einsender |
Jose
Alatorre
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