Grandee
Sign in to savethumb|350px|Equestrian portrait of Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II, her husband [[Francis, King Consort of Spain (left), and Infante Francisco de Paula (right) with the most important Spanish statesmen and army officers of the time, many of whom were grandees of Spain, by Charles Porion, 1862]]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- noble title
- Country
- Spain
Show 4 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- topic's main category
- Category:Grandees of Spain
- applies to jurisdiction
- Kingdom of Castile
- Commons category
- Grandees of Spain
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Origins and privileges
- Portugal and Brazil
- New Model Army
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|350px|Equestrian portrait of Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II, her husband [[Francis, King Consort of Spain (left), and Infante Francisco de Paula (right) with the most important Spanish statesmen and army officers of the time, many of whom were grandees of Spain, by Charles Porion, 1862]]
Grandee (; , ) is an official aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though a "grandee of Spain" generally had greater social privileges than those of other similar European dignities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grandee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.