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Leaders in the Spanish conquest of America in the 16th century. Los conquistadores españoles fueron los soldados, exploradores y aventureros españoles que pusieron diversos pueblos y territorios de las Américas bajo el dominio de la Corona Española, durante la llamada era de los descubrimientos, la cual siguió a la llegada de Felipe II , el cual prohibía los actos de conquista, denominándose ...
Canary Islands Wiki page Canary Islands Islas Canarias (Spanish) Autonomous community of Spain Mount Teide on Tenerife, the highest mountain in Spain, is also one of the most visited National Parks in the world.[1][2][3][4]Location of the Canary Islands within Spain Coordinates: 28.100°N 15.400°W Country Spain Spain Capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria[5] Government • P...
Spanish people and their descendants in Russia
(Este portal es un proyecto hermano del Spanish International Portal , el portal para los usuarios internacionales) Bienvenidos al portal español de Geni. Este proyecto está para todos los que están interesados en la genealogía española y todo lo relacionado con nuestra lengua. Desde aquí puedes acceder fácilmente a diferentes proyectos relacionados con el español, participar en las discusio...
A imigração espanhola tem início em 1890, sendo marcante a presença destes imigrantes no Rio de Janeiro. Durante a colonização, um número impreciso de pessoas com origens em outras partes do mundo, além de Portugal e do Continente Africano, se fixaram no território que hoje corresponde ao Brasil. Embora a presença espanhola no Brasil durante o período colonial tenha sido importante em algumas ...
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. It ultimately ended with the Americans defeating the Spaniards. Revolts against Spanish rule had been endemic for decades in Cuba and were closely watched by Americans; there had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in 1873. By 1897–98, American public opinion grew angrier at reports of Spanish at...
PLEASE NOTE: Limited qualifications for this project. Please read description before adding profiles..This project aims to include and acknowledge people profiled on Geni.com who participated in the International Brigades (Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales), military units, made up of volunteers from different countries, who travelled to Spain, in order to fight for the Second Spanish Republic,...
Winemakers of the Minho River area - Portugal and Spain (especially in Galicia). Project to find the maximum amount of Ancestors & collaterals called Velloso (Veloso) from Portugal & Spain and build a connection with the Velloso's that immigrated to Minas Gerais State in Brazil. The original writing of the last name (family name) is Velloso or Vellozo. Later changed to Veloso because of the ...
This project focuses on all the Sephardic Marache / Marrache / Maratchi / Maradji / Marachi / Marratche / Marashe / Marash families. At the current moment there are five main sections of the family tree; Gibraltarian Marrache family, Peruvian Marrache family, the Tetuan Marrache/Maratchi family, the Tangiers Marrache family, and the Rabat Marrache family. One of the main goals of this project i...
It used to be found information that Prates are descendants of van Praet. According to that, Jàcome van Praet moved from Belgium (Antwerp) to Portugal. Probably because he was from a cadet branch. The King and the Portuguese Court received him very well. It´s said that generations after the family changed the surname to a Portuguese version (Prates) and then António Prates became Senhor de Póv...
This is the portal or master project for anything Cuban-related. For instructions on how to use Geni, refer to the Geni Help Portal ==Geni Cuban sub-projects==#  Afrocuban Women Filmmakers#  Banana Wars#  Caribbean Migration (To and From U.S.) Prior to 1900#  Chinese in the Caribbean#  Colonial Americas Portal#  Conquistadores españoles#  Cuban and Other Hispanic, ...
This project is to discuss and research the Louisiana Territory controlled by Spain for fifty (50) years, 1763-1813. Recent conversations with David Menk, a former native of Sliddell, Louisiana. He mentioned that West Florida was larger than imaged and extended to the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Thus the name Florida Parishes, eight of them! Notables William Blount ---An aggressive lan...
The Spanish Inquisition (Spanish: Inquisición española ), officially known as the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition ( Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición ), was a tribunal established in 1480 by Catholic Monarchs Isabella I of Castile . It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the Medieval Inquisition which was under Papal control. Th...
Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo; Cristóbal Colón; Cristóvão Colombo) born between October 31, 1450 and October 30, 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European...
This project is to research and find out more about the DeLisser / De Lisser and other related families from Jamaica, West Indies, but originating in western Europe.==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.*Problem finding an ancestors, open a discussion here and we all try to help*...
Portuguese Restoration War= Portuguese Restoration War (Portuguese: Guerra da Restauração) was the name given by nineteenth-century 'romantic' historians to the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon (1668). The revolution of 1640 ended the sixty-year period of dual monarchy in Portugal and Spain under the Spanish Hab...
The Visigothic Kingdom , officially the Kingdom of the Goths (Latin: Regnum Gothorum ), was a kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries. One of the Germanic successor states to the Western Roman Empire, it was originally created by the settlement of the Visigoths under King Wallia in the province of Gallia Aquitania in sout...
List of Visigothic queens From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia The names of only a few of the queens of the Visigoths are known. As the Gothic monarchy was elective, all queens were such only as consorts of their husbands. In his Chronicon John of Biclarum styles Goisuintha "queen" ( regina ) under the years 579 and 589. The wife of Reccared I subscribed to the canons of the Third Council...
Whether they are songs and dances from Mexico, Cuba, Spain or Brazil, there is that unmistakable beat and colorful presentation. Enjoy these performers who proudly represented their culture and countries while making movies in Hollywood - artists singing and dancing.==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own res...
Wikipedia: English - German Ermenrich (409-438) Rechila (438-448) Rechiar (448-456) Aiulf (456-457) Maldras (456-460) Framta (457) Rechimund (460-464) Frumar (460-464) Remismund (464-469)
War of the Spanish Succession= See Wikipedia... The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have drastically altered the European balance of ...
Notable peoples of diasporic Basque descent =* Simón Bolívar , 2nd President of Venezuela* John Sevier , 1st Governor of Tennessee* Ted Williams , American professional baseball player and manager.* Jedediah Smith , American explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the American West Coast and the Southwest during the nineteenth century.* Michel Bastarache , Canadian settler, noted for his role in the e...
Bienvenidos al portal España de Geni. For instructions on how to use Geni, refer to the Geni Help Portal Apoyo de la comunidad Discusiones Conservadores Hay varios conservadores de Geni que se especializan en la genealogía española y están más que dispuestos a ayudar a responder a cualquier pregunta que pueda tener. Victar Philip J. Decker Iván Noé Vásquez Alburez
This is sub-project of the Master Project for Jamaica: Jamaica Out Of many, One People"' .>>In 1700, there were more Jews in Spanish Town than in all of North America, and by 1730, Jews represented 12 percent of the white population of Jamaica. In the 18th century, Ashkenazi Jews began arriving from England and Germany, joining the Sephardi Jews who had begun to arrive a century earlier. In the...
Croatians in Madrid and Spain==This project is part of the project Hrvatsko Rodoslovlje / Croatian Genealogy about Croats in Madrid, Spain, a subproject of Hrvatska Dijaspora / Croatian Diaspora , related to Spain Geni Portal and with others.* Hrvati u Španjolskoj / Croats in Spain, Hr , List from Wikipedia * Hrvati u Madridu / Croatians in Madrid , article from Matica hrvatska, Hrvatska revija...