• The office of alférez originated in the tenth century. In the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth and eleventh centuries, the office of alférez changed hands...
    6 KB (427 words) - 01:59, 9 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
    de Quirós, who participated in the 1605 expedition, was knighted an Alférez Real and became a regarded cosmographer in Lima. There are a number of documents...
    41 KB (4,419 words) - 19:49, 2 January 2024
  • Castro (1180–1233) was a Spanish nobleman, Lord of Lemos and Sarria, Alférez real during the Kingdom of Castile. Fernán was born in Spain, the son of Gutierre...
    2 KB (127 words) - 06:17, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Juriquilla
    Pedro Antonio moved from Guanajuato to Querétaro in his youth and became Alférez Real of the city for almost 37 years. He was also dean and mayor on many occasions...
    9 KB (476 words) - 01:14, 9 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Antonio de Erauso
    for the remainder of his life. He is also known in Spanish as La Monja Alférez (The Ensign Nun or The Nun Lieutenant). de Erauso was originally an unwilling...
    34 KB (4,424 words) - 02:20, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cabildo (council)
    alcalde would fill in for incapacitated governors. Other officers were the alférez real (royal standard-bearer), who had a vote in cabildo deliberations and...
    12 KB (1,419 words) - 15:18, 27 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Melchor Casco de Mendoza
    Melchor Casco de Mendoza (1581–1658) was a Spanish nobleman, alcalde and alferez real of Buenos Aires. He also served as regidor of Asuncion in 1620. Melchor...
    3 KB (161 words) - 11:45, 24 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Miguel Gerónimo de Esparza
    public events in Buenos Aires. For several periods it was designated as Alférez Real, in charge to attend the patronal party in honor of San Martín de Tours...
    21 KB (1,813 words) - 03:11, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gutierre Rodríguez de Castro
    de Castro (died c. 1230) married to Milia Íñiguez de Mendoza, was an alférez real y mayordomo mayor. He governed firstly several towns in Tierra de Campos...
    9 KB (1,137 words) - 09:39, 12 November 2023
  • elect as alcalde of 2nd vote of Buenos Aires in 1654. He also served alférez real, mayordomo and regidor of the Cabildo of Buenos Aires. Thomas de Roxas...
    6 KB (258 words) - 11:30, 24 July 2023