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Pilar Miró Romero

director Born: 4/20/1940Birthplace: Madrid, Spain Miró was the first woman drama director to work in television in Spain, beginning as a program assistant in 1960 and becoming a director in 1963.…

Charles II, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Charles II, 1661–1700, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1665–1700), son and successor of Philip IV. The last of the Spanish Hapsburgs, he was physically crippled and mentally…

Philip II, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Philip II, 1527–98, king of Spain (1556–98), king of Naples and Sicily (1554–98), and, as Philip I, king of Portugal (1580–98). Philip was not the bloodthirsty tyrant portrayed by…

Philip III, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Philip III, 1578–1621, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1598–1621) and, as Philip II, king of Portugal (1598–1621); son and successor of Philip II of Spain. He was as pious as his…

Philip IV, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily

(Encyclopedia) Philip IV, 1605–65, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1621–65) and, as Philip III, king of Portugal (1621–40); son and successor of Philip III of Spain. Philip IV was intelligent but…

Carlos, second son of Charles IV of Spain

(Encyclopedia) Carlos (Carlos María Isidro de Borbón), 1788–1855, second son of Charles IV of Spain. He was the first Carlist pretender. After his father's abdication (1808) he was, with the rest of…

Tour de France—2007

(July 7–29, 2007)   Cyclist, country Team Behind 1. Alberto Contador, Spain Discovery Channel…

William CARMICHAEL, Congress, MD (1795)

CARMICHAEL, William, (granduncle of Richard Bennett Carmichael), a Delegate from Maryland; born at “Round Top,” in Queen Annes County, Md., near Chestertown, Md., birth date unknown;…

King Juan Carlos

Name at birth: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y BorbónA member of a royal line that stretches back to Louis XIV of France, Juan Carlos I was king of Spain from 1975 until 2014, when he…

Angel Gonzalez Biography

poetDied: January 12, 2008 (Madrid, Spain) Best Known as: Spanish poet opposed to Franco dictatorship Spanish poet who wrote about issues of freedom and…