Share Bookmark
Conde Cypriano Palafox y Portocarrero, ,

Conde Cypriano Palafox y Portocarrero, ,

Male 1784 - 1839  (54 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 55 descendants in this family tree.

Personal Information    |    Notes    |    All

  • Name Cypriano Palafox y Portocarrero 
    Prefix Conde 
    Suffix
    Birth 15 Sep 1784 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Mar 1839 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Person ID I37612  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2008 

    Father Comte Felipe Antonio Palafox y Croy d' Havre,   b. 3 Jul 1739, San Sebastian, España Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1790, Madrid, España Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Condessa Maria Francesca de Sales de Portocarrero y Lopez de Zuniga,   b. 10 Jun 1754, Madrid, España Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1808, Logrono Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1768  Madrid, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F98865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Doña Maria Manuela Henriqueta Kirkpatrick de Closeburn y de Grevigné,   b. 24 Feb 1794   d. 22 Nov 1879 (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 15 Dec 1817  Granada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Condesa Maria Eugenia Ignacia Augusta de Montijo Palafox y Kirkpatrick,   b. 5 May 1826, Granada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1920, Madrid, España Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    +2. Condesa Maria Francisca de Sales Portocarrero Palafox y Kirckpatrick,   b. 29 Jan 1825   d. 16 Sep 1860 (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F15967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2008 

  • Notes 
    • 2nd son
      Duke de Berwick and Alba
      15. (18.?) Conde de Teba,
      8.Conde de Montijo
      11º Duque de Peñaranda
      13º Marques de Algaba

      upon the death of his elder brother became Comte de Montijo, Grandee of the First Class, Duke de Peñaranda, &c. and succeeded to the ample possessions as well as numerous titles of that illustrious house.

      The tradition is that the title ‘de Teba,’ was conferred on the Comte de Montijo as a second title, in recognition of his conduct at the siege of Teba in Andalusia, in 1328, when the place was taken by the Moors. By a singular coincidence a Kirkpatrick of Closeburn took part in the same exploit. The tale is told by Froissart.

      King Robert Bruce had made a vow to go to the Holy Land, to expiate the death of Comyn. Upon his death-bed he regretted exceedingly having, by the contests in which was incessantly in support of his throne, been prevented from fulfilling his vow, and desired that his heart might be taken to Jerusalem. Douglas, with the heart suspended from his neck in a silver casket, accompanied by a son of Sir Roger Kirkpatrick and other knights, undertook the Commission. For want of a vessel sailing directly to Palestine, they passed through Spain, and arrived in Andalusia at the time the Spaniards were besieging Teba. Thinking it an excellent opportunity to prove their zeal against the infidel, they joined the Spanish standard, and at the critical moment of the assault, Douglas hurled the casket into the midst of the Moors, crying, ‘Noble heart, go as thou hast always gone, the first into the fight Douglas and his Knights swear to follow or die.’ “The Scots,” says the historian, “challenge for the royal heart, the chief glory of the defeat of the Moor, and the capture of Teba.”



Home Page |  What's New |  Most Wanted |  Surnames |  Photos |  Histories |  Documents |  Cemeteries |  Places |  Dates |  Reports |  Sources