Hidalgo (nobility)
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A hidalgo or a fidalgo is a member of the Spanish or Portuguese nobility; the feminine forms of the terms are hidalga, in Spanish, and fidalga, in Portuguese and Galician. Legally, a hidalgo is a nobl
17th-century French illustration of a hidalgo in Spanish America with a Black servant
Principalía
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The principalía or noble class was the ruling and usually educated upper class in the pueblos of Spanish Philippines, comprising the gobernadorcillo, tenientes de justicia, and the cabezas de barangay
Hidalgo (nobility)
…Charles II of Spain issued a similar decree on March 22, 1697 that, among other matters, extended to the indigenous nobles of the Philippines, the principalía, as well as to their descendants, the preeminence and honors customarily attributed to the hidalgos of Castile. Over the years the title lost its…
Typical costume of a family belonging to the principalía of the late 19th century Philippines. Exhibit in the Villa Escudero Museum, San Pablo, Laguna.
An illustration from Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas (1668) by Francisco Ignacio Alcina depicting a Visayan datu and a binukot noblewoman.
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King Philip II of Spain by Titian.