Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gil

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Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Contreras-Girón y González de Navia, Marques of La Floresta, Duke of Ostuni in Naples and Lord of the Castle of Arbeteta.[1] The Marques of La Floresta is more popularly known by his official designation as Cronista de Armas of Castile and Leon.[2] Author of many books on jurispudence, royalty, nobility, heraldry and genealogy, the Spanish Cronista numbers among his credentials several doctoral degrees in the fields of law, the science of politics, and of history.[3] He is also a Captain in the Spanish Armada and in the Merchant Marine Fleet. Among the decorations and honors bestowed upon the Cronista are several crosses and awards of various Orders of Chivalry including that of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III of Spain.[4]

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[edit] Powers and Functions of the Cronista de Armas

As a Spanish Cronista, the heraldic office of Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila dates back to the 16th century.[5] Like the rest of the Spanish Cronistas, he has judicial powers in matters of nobiliary titles. His office also serves as a registration office for pedigrees and grants of arms.[6] At present, under the supervision of the Spanish Ministry of Justice the Cronistas grant arms to residents of areas currently or formerly under the government of the Spanish Crown. [7]

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The seal of Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, the Marques of La Floresta and Cronista of Castille and Leon.

Certification of Arms by the Cronista of Castille and Leon.

[edit] External links

  • [1]|Spanish Cronistas.
  • [2]|Heraldric Authorities.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cf. Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Certificación de Armas de Seňor Don Eduardo P. Brillantes y Balderas Madrid, Segovia 2006.
  2. ^ http://alsgenealogy.com/spanish-heraldry.htm
  3. ^ Cf. the following website for some of the items cited in the credentials of the Marques of La Floresta: http://www.chivalricorders.org/orders/spanish/chas3.htm
  4. ^ Cf. Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Certificación de Armas de Seňor Don Eduardo P. Brillantes y Balderas Madrid, Segovia 2006.
  5. ^ In the past, heralds were usually named after provinces and non-capital cities, while while reyes de armas were named after the Spanish kingdoms. Varios chroniclers of arms were nmaed for España, Castilla, León, Frechas, Sevilla, Córdoba, Murcia, Granada (created in 1496 to honor the reunification of Spain), Bethune, Estella, Viana, Libertat, Blanc Lévrier, Bonne Foy, Las, Gounzcuant, Lamas, Navarra, Cataluña, Sicilia, Aragón, Nápoles, Toledo (bearing Azure an imperial crown Or), Valencia and Mallorca. While these appointments were not hereditary, at least fifteen Spanish families produced more than one herald each in the past five hundred years (compared to about the same number for England, Scotland and Ireland collectively).Cf. http://heraldry.freeservers.com/heralds.html
  6. ^ In the past the nature of continual border conflict between the Moorish and Christian kingdoms of medieval Iberia helped to distinguish a certain sense of ethnic identity, or limpieza de sangre, and heraldry was just one outlet for this form of national expression. Attempts were made to make arms distinctive of class as well as ethnicity, and the Castillian sovereigns restricted arms to members of the nobility by virtue of Law 64 of the 1583 Cortes de Tudela and was again reiterated by Law 13 of the 1642 Cortes.Cf. http://heraldry.freeservers.com/heralds.html
  7. ^ International Association of Amateur Heralds, Authorities


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