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Grandeeship
Grandeeship Gran*dee"ship, n. The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. --H. Swinburne.

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- and the Duke of Alba, who are Grandees ten and nine times respectively. All sons and daughters of Infantes are also Grandees. According to the 1876 Constitution...
- grandees of Spain and of illustrious lords for others. The last privilege, suppressed in 1984, was the right to a diplomatic p****port by the Grandees...
- them are Spanish grandees. Normally a marqués is addressed as "The Most Illustrious Lord" (Ilustrísimo Señor), or if he/she is a grandee as "The Most Excellent...
- Grandees of Spain (Spanish: Grandes de España) are the highest-ranking members of the Spanish nobility. They comprise nobles who hold the most important...
- government. The politics of the period were dominated by the wishes of the Grandees (senior officers) of the New Model Army and their civilian supporters....
- Oliver Cromwell, who exerted control through the military by way of the "Grandees", being the Major-Generals and other senior military leaders of the New...
- Kingdom of Spain, posthumously granted Mola the title of Duke of Mola and Grandee of Spain. The title was immediately ****umed by his son, Don Emilio Mola...
- and aristocratic tradition, the king agreed to efforts to introduce more grandees into the higher ranks of the military, working hard to overcome the reluctance...
- classified as either Grandee of Spain (Grandes de España), as titled nobles, or as untitled nobles. A grandee of any rank outranks a non-grandee, even if that...
- as His/Her Excellency and Magnificence). Grandees of Spain and their consort, as well the Heirs of Grandees and their consort Knights/Dames of the Collar...