Álvaro Domecq y Díez

Male, Deceased Person

1917 – 2005

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Who was Álvaro Domecq y Díez?

Don Álvaro Domecq y Díez was born into an aristocratic Spanish sherry family in Jerez, of Cádiz, a province of Andalucia in south western Spain.

He distinguished himself as a fighter pilot in the Spanish Civil War on Francisco Franco's rebel side, and later re-introduced bullfighting on horseback to Spain. Domecq further developed bull breeding and presided as patriarch over a bull-fighting dynasty.

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Born
1917
Jerez de la Frontera
Died
2005

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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