Isabella I Spanish: Isabel I, 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504 was Queen of Castile from 1474 and, as the wife of King Ferdinand II, Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death, reigning over a dynastically unified Spain jointly with her husband Ferdinand; together they would be known as the Catholic Monarchs. Isabella is considered the first Queen of Spain de facto, being described as such during
Alfonso X also known as the Wise, Spanish: el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284 was the king of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his claim to Germany
Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Maʿafiri (Arabic: أبو عامر محمد بن عبد الله بن أبي عامر المعافري), nicknamed al-Manṣūr Arabic: المنصور, “the Victorious”, usually simply called Almanzor (c. 938 – 8 August 1002), was a Muslim Arab Andalusian military leader and statesman. As the chancellor of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba and hajib (chamberlain) for the weak Caliph Hisham II, Almanzor was the de facto ruler of Islamic Iberia. Born in an alqueria on the outskirts
Abd al-Raḥmān III, also known as ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil (عبدالرحمن بن محمد بن عبداللہ بن محمد بن عبدالرحمن بن الحكم بن هشام بن عبد الرحمن الداخل) (889/91 – 961), was the Umayyad Emir of Córdoba from 912 to 929, at which point
Pelagius Asturian: Pelayu; Galician: Paio; Spanish: Pelayo; Portuguese: Pelágio; c. 685 – 737 was a Hispano-Visigoth nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. Pelagius is credited with initiating the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and establishing the Asturian monarchy, making him the forefather of all the future Iberian monarchies, including the Kings of Castile, the Kings of León, and the Kings of Portugal.
Alejandro “Álex” de la Iglesia Mendoza born 4 December 1965 is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist. De la Iglesia’s films combines grotesque and very dark elements such as death and murder: most of his work is considered dark comedies, but are also often considered to have horror and/or drama elements. All his films, with the notable
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Torrelavega, Cantabria 2 January 1940 is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film Habla, mudita was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Camada negra at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1979 film El corazón del
Luis García-Berlanga Martí 12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010 was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Contents 1Life and career 2Filmography as director 3Filmography as actor 4See also 5References 6External links Life and career When young, he decided to study philosophy, but in 1947 his true calling pushed him to enter the Institute
José Luis García Muñoz born 20 January 1944, known professionally as José Luis Garci, is a Spanish director, producer, critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. He earned worldwide acclaim and his country’s first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy
Jesús Franco Manera 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013 was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a prolific director of stylish exploitation and B-movies. In a career that spanned from the early 1960s to the 2010s, he wrote, directed, produced, acted, and scored approximately 173 feature films, working both in his native Spain and abroad. Contents