Count of Manila
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Count of Manila (Spanish: Conde de Manila) is a Spanish hereditary title created in 1848 for Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa, Governor-General of the Philippines.[1]
The Philippines were at the time a Spanish colonial possession. The title was a reward for the success of a military campaign, the expedition to Balanguingui.[1]
Counts of Manila
[edit]Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa, 1st Count of Manila.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Real decreto concediendo el título de Castilla con la denominación de conde de Manila, vizconde de Clavería, para sí, sus hijos y sucesores legítimos á D. Narciso Clavería, gobernador y Capitán general de las islas Filipinas. Gaceta de Madrid. no. 4980, 03/05/1848, pg. 2. (BOE-A-1848-2189)
- ↑ Santiago, Luciano P.R. (1991). "Philippine Titles of the Spanish Nobility (1761-1897)". Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society. 19 (4): 281–287. ISSN 0115-0243.