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el linaje del conde don vela. tomo ii

What connection exists between Saint Teresa of Jesus, the Fitz-James Stuart family, the first viceroy of Peru, and the descendants of emperors Huayna Cápac and Moctezuma II?

They all form part of the history of the same family.

The Lineage of Count Don Vela is the first comprehensive study of this family, including branches never before studied and providing an overview of the family across 1,300 years of history.

Genealogical Lines Included in This Volume

• Line 16. The descendants of Fernán Núñez, senior line of the Vela de Ávila family, Lords of Tabladillo, Marquises of Sofraga, Dukes of La Roca, Peñaranda, and Berwick.
• Line 17. The descendants of Serapio del Alcázar y Vera de Aragón, VII Marquis of Peñafuerte.
• Line 18. The descendants of Gabriela del Alcázar y Vera de Aragón, VII Duchess of Sotomayor.
• Line 19. The descendants of María Manuela Vera de Aragón y Nin de Zatrillas, V Marchioness of Peñafuerte.
• Line 20. The descendants of María de Acuña Vela: the Counts of Castrillo.
• Line 21. The descendants of María Vela Núñez: the Counts of Perelada, Grandees of Spain, the Marquises of Gramosa, and the Marquises of Albaserrada.
• Line 22. The descendants of Clara María Vela Maldonado y Bullón: the Dukes of Fernán Núñez and Montellano.
• Line 23. The descendants of Francisco Blázquez Vela Núñez: the Lords of Guillamas and Zorita.
• Line 24. The descendants of Juan Blázquez Vela Núñez.
• Line 25. The descendants of Luis Vela Núñez.
• Line 26. The descendants of Juan Velázquez Vela Núñez, I Lord of Tabladillo.
• Line 27. The descendants of Pedro Vela.
• Line 28. The descendants of Juan Vela Sánchez de Ágreda.
• Line 29. The descendants of Manuel Vela Tirado.
• Line 30. The descendants of Magdalena Vela Matute: the Marquises of Valparaíso and the Dukes of Tarancón.
• Line 31. The descendants of Diego Vela: the Marquises of El Prado in Naples and the Marquises of Salvatierra de Peralta.
• Line 32. The descendants of María Josefa Medina y Vela.
• Line 33. The descendants of Fernán Núñez Vela.
• Line 34. The descendants of Alonso Núñez Dávila: the Henao family.
• Line 35. The descendants of Juana Blázquez Vela: the Guillamas family.
• Line 36. The descendants of Francisco de Guillamas y San Pedro: the former Lords of Zorita.
• Line 37. The descendants of Alonso Blázquez Guillamas.
• Line 38. The descendants of Pedro de Guillamas.
• Line 39. The descendants of Gil García Núñez.
• Line 40. The descendants of Fernán Núñez Blázquez: the Lords of Manzanero and Velayos, Marquises of Coquilla.
• Line 41. The descendants of Isabel Vázquez Coronado: the Marquises of Escalona and Casa Fuerte.
• Line 42. The descendants of María del Carmen de Acuña y de Witte, IX Marchioness of Casa Fuerte: the Dukes of Bivona.
• Line 43. The descendants of Juan Blázquez Dávila de Cordovilla: the family of Saint Teresa.
• Line 44. The descendants of Agustín de Ahumada.
• Line 45. The descendants of Bartolina Vargas Rivilla.
• Line 46. The descendants of Pedro Nolasco Vargas Rivilla.
• Line 47. The descendants of Miguel Vargas Rivilla.
• Line 48. The descendants of María de Ahumada.
• Line 49. The descendants of Teresa de Cepeda y Alcalde de Baeza: the Pontifical Counts of Cepeda and Counts of Santa Teresa.
• Line 50. The descendants of José de Cepeda y de Torres Montes: the Marquises of Guadalcázar, Grandees of Spain, and the Counts of Campo Alange.
• Line 51. The descendants of Luisa Javiera de Salamanca y Negrete: the Pontifical Marquises of Pacheco.
• Line 52. The descendants of Ana de Cepeda y Ortiz de Abreu: the Marquises of Marchelina.
• Line 53. The descendants of Fernán Blázquez Dávila: the Marquises of Mirabal.
• Line 54. The descendants of Juan Sancho Dávila: the Marquises of Casa Dávila.

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El linaje del conde don vela. tomo I 

By Francisco Acedo Fernández

A groundbreaking study demonstrating how the Prophet Muhammad was an ancestor of the kings of Pamplona and how the kings of Pamplona and Charlemagne became ancestors of various Muslim dynasties in al-Andalus.

The result of more than thirty years of research and three years of writing, The Lineage of Count Don Vela. Volume I represents one of the most comprehensive genealogical reconstructions ever undertaken of the Early Medieval period in the Iberian Peninsula and of the families that shaped the history of Spain and Europe.

The work focuses on Vela Jiménez, Count of Álava in the ninth century, to develop a study spanning more than thirteen hundred years of family and political history. Through dozens of generations, readers will discover the origin, expansion, and evolution of one of the most extensive and influential kinship networks in medieval Europe.

Among the fundamental contributions of this study is the systematic reconstruction of the principal branches of the Jiménez Dynasty, whose members occupied the thrones of Pamplona, Nájera, Navarre, Aragon, León, Castile, and Galicia, while also playing a decisive role in the historical origins of Portugal.

Special attention is given to the critical and documented reconstruction of the ancestors of El Cid Campeador and Doña Jimena, offering an exhaustive genealogy destined to become a reference work on both figures.

The research also incorporates several discoveries of extraordinary historical significance. Among these is documentary proof that the Prophet Muhammad is among the ancestors of the kings of Pamplona and, by extension, of subsequent royal houses of the Iberian Peninsula and Europe, as well as numerous noble families. Likewise, the study reveals how the kings of Pamplona and Charlemagne himself became part of the ancestry of various Muslim dynasties in al-Andalus. These conclusions offer a much more complex and rich understanding of family relationships between the great Christian and Muslim lineages of medieval Iberia.

Genealogical Lines Included in This Volume

• Line 1. The firstborn descendants of Eneco: the kings of Pamplona of the Íñiga Dynasty.
• Line 2. The descendants of García Jiménez: the kings of Pamplona and Nájera of the Jiménez Dynasty.
• Line 3. The descendants of Ramiro I: the Jiménez kings of Aragon.
• Line 4. The descendants of García Sánchez III: the Jiménez kings of Pamplona and Navarre.
• Line 5. The descendants of Fernando I: the Jiménez kings of León, Castile, and Galicia.
• Line 6. The firstborn descendants of Vela Jiménez: the counts of Álava.
• Line 7. The descendants of Íñigo Vélaz: the Vela family of the Romanz del Infant García.
• Line 8. The descendants of Jimeno Vélaz: the origin of the Dávila family.
• Line 9. The descendants of Jimena Vélaz: the maternal family of Doña Jimena.
• Line 10. The descendants of Nuño Vélaz: the counts of Cea.
• Line 11. The descendants of Froiliuba Bermúdez: El Cid’s family.
• Line 12. The descendants of Count Vela Bermúdez: the counts of Sarria.
• Line 13. The descendants of Bermudo Ovéquiz: the Ponce de León family.
• Line 14. The descendants of Oneca Vélaz: the counts of Portucale (I).
• Line 15. The descendants of Muniadona Díaz: the counts of Portucale (II).

An essential work for genealogists, historians, heraldists, and all readers interested in discovering the origins of the great families of the Iberian Peninsula and their influence on the history of Europe.

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Los secretos del tarot

By Marqués de Montferrat

This volume presents a rigorous and deeply structured exploration of the Major Arcana of the Tarot, setting them apart from superficial or merely fortune-telling interpretations. In the tradition of the Marquis of Montferrat, the Tarot is not a tool for prediction but a symbolic language of knowledge, capable of revealing the inner laws of consciousness and the processes of its transformation.

Through a demanding and coherent approach, this work presents the arcana as stages of an inner journey, in which each figure, each number, and each gesture acquires precise meaning within an ordered system. The Tarot thus emerges as a pathway to understanding, where the symbol does not replace experience but illuminates it, structures it, and renders it intelligible.

Far from any closed doctrinal system, this treatise belongs to the realm of the great symbolic traditions, offering readers an interpretive framework that integrates thought, contemplation, and inner discipline. Its purpose is not to teach how to “use” the Tarot but to learn to read within it—that is, to recognize in its images the enduring forms of knowledge.

Published by The Golden Pelican Group and sponsored by the Rosy Cross Foundation, this book inaugurates a new editorial initiative dedicated to the dissemination of works of profound symbolic and doctrinal value.

Directed to both scholars of symbolism and readers seeking deeper understanding, The Secrets of the Tarot stands as a reference work for those who wish to approach the Tarot as a path of knowledge rather than mere interpretive practice.

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leo tus labios

By Manuel Santiago Acedo Fernández

What happens when the world doesn’t seem made for you?

This is not a story of pity or defeat. It’s a story of life, of silent struggle, and of everyday victories. Since childhood, the author has lived with disability: first a lack of muscle tone, then deafness, later vision loss. But instead of letting himself be defined by what he lacked, he decided to focus on everything he could build with what he had.

Through these pages, Manuel Santiago Acedo Fernández shares a deeply human account, full of learning, resilience, and moments that invite us to rethink what we believe we know about disability. Writing becomes his refuge, and his voice—firm, clear, brave—reminds us that there are no barriers greater than those we accept for ourselves.

This autobiography doesn’t just tell a story; it delivers a powerful message: the real disability is giving up.

And you, reader, when you close this book, you’ll take away more than words. You’ll take away hope.

Because if he could do it, you can too.

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the order of saint stephen of the house of medici

By Francisco Acedo Fernández

Founded in 1561 by Cosimo I de’ Medici through a papal bull, the Order of Saint Stephen Pope and Martyr was conceived as a naval militia in the service of Christendom and as an instrument for consolidating the newly established Tuscan state. Over the centuries, its military, religious, and noble character made it one of the principal institutional pillars of Medicean Tuscany.

This volume offers a historical-critical and juridical study of the Order from its foundation to the present day. It examines the bull His quae pro Religionis propagatione, the symbolic and heraldic configuration of the institution, its role in shaping Tuscan nobility, its development under the Lorraine dynasty, and the complex question of succession following the extinction of the Popolano branch of the Medici.

The work includes in full the formal protest of H.R.H. Grand Duke Ottaviano de’ Medici of Tuscany of Ottajano concerning the Grand Mastership of the Order, presenting it as a key document for understanding the contemporary dimension of the dynastic question. This protest—grounded in precise historical and juridical arguments—is incorporated into the broader analysis of institutional continuity and of the historical rights of the Neapolitan branch of the Medici, providing readers with direct access to a document of particular relevance.

The author, Francisco Acedo Fernández, historian and King of Arms of the House of Medici, brings both an academic and a technical-heraldic perspective to the subject, allowing the Order to be examined with methodological rigor and documentary foundation. The research is based exclusively on authentic and verifiable sources, avoiding both simplifications and apologetic interpretations.

Among the principal topics addressed in the book:

A scholarly, structured, and fully documented study intended for specialists in early modern history, nobiliary law, and orders of chivalry, as well as for readers interested in the institutional tradition of Tuscany and the historical continuity of the House of Medici.

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Cáceres. paseo por la eternidad

By Francisco Acedo Fernández

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Cáceres. A Walk Through Eternity is both a scholarly and evocative journey through one of the most beautiful and singular cities in Spain. Through its streets, palaces, convents, and squares, Francisco Acedo Fernández—historian, genealogist, and member of prestigious international academies—invites us to discover the living memory of Cáceres: its legends, its noble past, its medieval and Renaissance legacy, and the spiritual imprint that makes it a unique place suspended in time.

With a style that is both accessible and rigorous, the author weaves together history, art, and tradition, offering the reader not only a cultural guide but also a meditation on the permanence and beauty that dwell in the eternal stones of the city.

An essential book for those who love Cáceres, for travelers who wish to immerse themselves in its deepest essence, and for all who seek to understand how the past dialogues with eternity.

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la belleza inútil. el antínoo de fernando pessoa

By Francisco Acedo Fernández

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The Useless Beauty is a comprehensive critical study by Francisco Acedo Fernández on Antinous, one of Fernando Pessoa’s most intense yet least disseminated poems. Originally written in English, this decadentist text evokes the relationship between Emperor Hadrian and Antinous, the young man of legendary beauty whose death in the Nile inspired a cult and a myth that have endured for centuries.

The study situates the poem within the context of European Decadentism, the classical tradition, and Pessoa’s wider oeuvre, exploring its language, cultural references, and symbolic weight. In particular, it analyzes the relevance of the poem within the history of literature and the representation of love and desire between men, offering an LGBTQ+ perspective that enriches both its meaning and its contemporary resonance.

Through an extensive apparatus of notes, historical, mythological, and literary allusions are clarified, as well as the aesthetic and philosophical keys of the text. The book is accompanied by original illustrations by Ángel Álvarez de Sotomayor, which visually interpret the intensity and sensuality of Pessoa’s work.

The Useless Beauty is, therefore, an invitation to rediscover a fundamental poem for understanding Pessoa’s universe, and a work that engages with the great themes of beauty, eros, and memory from an erudite, sensitive, and contemporary perspective.

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El ciclo rosacruz

By Marqués de MontferratDescription:

The Rosicrucian Cycle is a unique work that brings together poems, meditations, and visions inspired by the mystery of the Rose Cross. Through poetic and symbolic language, the book traces the great spiritual milestones of the Rosicrucian tradition: from its mythical origins in Egypt to the revelations of Christian Rosenkreutz, passing through figures such as Lazarus of Bethany and the Count of Saint-Germain.

This poetic cycle is not merely a literary collection but an initiatory journey. Each poem is conceived as a key that opens a door to the invisible, an invitation to discover the depth of Rosicrucian symbols and their resonance within the soul.

A book for those who seek to:

The Rosicrucian Cycle is more than a book of poetry: it is a testimony of mystical experience and a bridge between history, legend, and inner light.

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SCALA. MEDITACIONES DE SILENCIO, FUEGO Y LUZ

By Marqués de Montferrat

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he 999 Aphorisms of the Marquis de Montferrat

For the first time, the central work of one of the great spiritual transmitters of the late twentieth century is published in its entirety. Scala gathers 999 brief and essential aphorisms that do not aim to instruct but to awaken.

Each phrase is a step, a spark, an invitation to cross the threshold of the known and enter the realm within. These reflections traverse the Three Temples—the Inner, the Sacerdotal, and the Arcane—in a journey of transformation that belongs to no closed doctrine, but to the universal Tradition.

For decades, these texts circulated solely among select disciples. Today, for the first time, they are presented to the contemporary reader, preserving their original structure and their deliberately unadorned language.

A unique book that is not simply read: it is inhabited.

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La vía de los tres templos del marqués de montferrat

by C. de Lavarello

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La Vía de los Tres Templos of the Marquis of Montferrat is a unique work that, for the first time, unveils the complete initiatory system of one of the great hidden Masters of the 20th century. Conceived in silence and transmitted through an unbroken line of esoteric filiation, this spiritual path unfolds across three temples: the Martinist, the sacerdotal-theurgical, and the Rosicrucian Arcanum.

Drawing from unpublished documents, ritual transmissions, and direct testimonies of the Marquis—preserved and curated by his disciple C. de Lavarello—this book presents the texts, teachings, and inner structures that form a true synthesis of Western traditional currents. From the restoration of original Martinism and the theurgy of the Élus Coën to the Gnostic resurrection and the Hermetic vision of the Rite of Memphis-Misraïm, each stage of the Path is described with depth, symbolic precision, and doctrinal beauty. Today, its legacy continues through the operational system of IESGenève.

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