No one looks at their sweet newborn baby and thinks some day his nickname is going to be “the cruel”. However, let’s say with start Pedro had it’s not surprising. His father, Alfonso XI, King of Castile, ditched his wife, Maria of Portugal, for his mistress. Once his wife gave him a son, he shipped […]
Category: Spain
Manco Inca Yupanqui
Written on May 2, 2016 by ER at 4:44 PM | 0
Americas, Central America, ER, Northern Europe, South America, Spain
Americas, Central America, ER, Northern Europe, South America, Spain
The Inca had a great empire in what is now Peru, parts of Ecuador, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, north and Chile and a small part of southern Colombia. They were the Roman Empires of the Americas. However, they when the Spanish explorers first encountered them the Inca were coming off a debilitating […]
Mary Tudor and Philip- Another match made in hell
Mary Tudor was going to be a royal spinster. Under her father’s pronouncement of bastardy, no Catholic prince would have her, and she would take no Protestant suitor. She seemed doomed to live her life alone, bereft of husband and family that she longed for. Then a miracle happened. In 1553, she ascended the throne […]
Werewolf of Alleriz
Lycanthropy is a mental disorder where a person believes that have the ability to turn into animals, in most cases the animal is a werewolf but can range anywhere from a hyena to a bear. This is exactly what occurred in the first recorded serial killer case in Spain, his name was Manuel Blanco Romasanta, […]
Zugarramurdi – The Town of Witches
In northern Spain lies the town of Zugarramurdi, home to just under 250 people. This small town, situated next to the border of France and Spain, and nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees, is famous for being a major part of the Basque Witch Trials of the 17th century, the biggest witch hunt ever […]