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Cases
30
Years
16700 BCE to 2024
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Europe
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European families, Explorers, Literature and art, Business dynasties
Families
House of Habsburg, House of Bourbon, Thyssen family, Julio-Claudian dynasty
Updated
30 October 2026
Bing Crosby: Bing Crosby Paramount Pictures1977 · Near Madrid, SpainBing Crosby's sons waited for a trust they could not touch until 65, and their mother's trust went brokeBing Crosby married Wilma Wyatt, known as Dixie Lee, on September 29, 1930. They had four sons. She died on November 1, 1952, and her will put her half of the community property in trust for the boys.Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 moreRobert Maxwell: Robert Maxwell 1989 (3x4 cropped 2)1991 · Atlantic Ocean, off the Canary IslandsPublisher Robert Maxwell went overboard from his yacht, and his sons inherited companies that had used the staff pension fundsMaxwell was last in contact with the crew of his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, at 4:25 a.m. He was reported missing that morning, and his naked body was recovered from the sea.The New York Times and 4 moreFrancis Bacon: Portrait of Francis Bacon.label QS:Len,"Portrait of Francis Bacon."1992 · MadridFrancis Bacon's sole heir sued Bacon's dealer for up to £100 million, then dropped the case two weeks before trialBacon left his estate to John Edwards, a younger friend from London's East End. Marlborough Fine Art had been Bacon's dealer for decades.The Art Newspaper and 4 moreAI illustration: The Supreme Court of Spain in Madrid2014 · MadridSpain's Supreme Court admitted a paternity suit against Juan Carlos I, then threw it out 7 votes to 3Juan Carlos I reigned from 1975 until his abdication in June 2014. As king he was inviolable. Two people said he was their parent.legaltoday.com and 4 moreFederico García Lorca: Lorca (1914)1936 · Alfacar, near Granada, SpainFederico García Lorca was shot with three other men in August 1936, and a 2009 dig at the supposed grave in Alfacar found no remainsFederico García Lorca was 38 when he was shot at dawn on 18 August 1936, at the start of the Spanish Civil War.foroporlamemoria.info and 4 moreAI illustration: The courtyard of the Palacio de las Dueñas, Seville2014 · Palacio de las Dueñas, SevilleThe Duchess of Alba gave her estate to her six children before marrying a civil servant 24 years youngerCayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, held more than 40 titles and was listed by Guinness World Records as the most titled person alive. Her fortune was estimated in 2011 at €600 million to €3.5 billion.archive.boston.com and 6 moreThyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Site of the Retiro and the Prado in Madrid 49 (29684554308)2002 · Sant Feliu de Guíxols, SpainBaron Thyssen-Bornemisza sued over his family's Bermuda trust and sold his collection to Spain for $350 millionBaron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza inherited the TBG business group and an Old Master collection from his father in 1947. He married five times and had four children.Forbes and 7 moreSalvador Dalí: Salvador Dalí 19391989 · Figueres, Catalonia, SpainA Madrid judge had Salvador Dalí exhumed for a paternity test 28 years after his death, and the DNA said noDalí died of cardiac arrest at 84 and was buried in the crypt under the stage of his own Theatre-Museum in Figueres. His wife Gala had died in 1982. They had no children. Dalí left his estate to the Spanish state.The Art Newspaper and 4 moreAI illustration: A police cordon on a Madrid street at dawn, 19861986 · Madrid, SpainETA killed the 17th Duke of Veragua, a descendant of Columbus and a Spanish vice admiral, in Madrid in 1986Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Maroto was born in Madrid on 29 January 1925.diariodecuyo.com.ar and 3 moreMiguel de Cervantes: Portrait of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra commonly said to be that which, according to the prologue to Cervantes' "Exemplary Novels", was painted by Juan de Jáu1616 · Madrid, SpainSpain announced in March 2015 that it had found Cervantes among bones of 15 to 17 people in a Madrid convent, with no DNA to confirm itMiguel de Cervantes died in Madrid on 22 April 1616 and, as his will directed, was buried in the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians, the order that had paid his ransom from captivity in 1580.Internet Archive and 3 moreMango store in Barcelona: Mango Chutney2024 · Collbató, near Montserrat, Catalonia, SpainMango's founder fell to his death on a hike with his son, and a judge has named the son the only suspectIsak Andic was born in Istanbul in 1953, moved to Barcelona as a youth and founded Mango in 1984. In 2023 his fortune was put at €2.7 billion, the largest in Catalonia.catalannews.com and 3 moreJosé Eduardo dos Santos-16062014-edit: Dilma recebe o presidente de Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos2022 · Barcelona, Spain, and Luanda, AngolaAngola's former president died in Barcelona, a daughter fought to bury him in Spain, and a Spanish court sent the body to his widow in LuandaJosé Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for 38 years. In 2017 he stepped down and handed power to João Lourenço, the successor he had picked. He moved to Spain in 2019.voaafrica.com and 5 moreJosé María Ruiz-Mateos: Jose María Ruiz-Mateos2015 · El Puerto de Santa María, CádizSpain seized José María Ruiz-Mateos's Rumasa group by decree in 1983, and his second group collapsed in 2011José María Ruiz-Mateos founded Rumasa in 1961 on a sherry supply deal with Harveys of Bristol. By 1983 it held about 700 companies, including banks, hotels and the Galerías Preciados stores, and employed about 60,000 people.europapress.es and 6 moreAI illustration: The palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain2008 · Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, SpainThe Red Duchess of Medina Sidonia married her secretary on the day she died, and her children sued over the palace foundationLuisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, was jailed in Alcalá de Henares in the 1960s for anti-Franco activity. In 1990 she created the Fundación Casa Medina Sidonia and gave it most of her estate.Boletín Oficial del Estado and 5 moreFrancisco Franco: Francisco Franco posed portrait photograph1975 · MadridSpain's Supreme Court confirmed in March 2026 that Franco's grandchildren must give the Pazo de Meirás to the stateWhen Francisco Franco died he left 22 properties, including a chalet in Miami (EFE, 20 November 2025).Boletín Oficial del Estado and 6 moreAI illustration: Power lines and a hydroelectric dam of the Catalan power network, 1950s1962 · MadridJuan March bought Barcelona Traction bonds, had the company declared bankrupt in Reus and took Catalonia's power networkBarcelona Traction, Light and Power was incorporated in Toronto in 1911. By 1936 its subsidiaries supplied most of Catalonia's electricity. Its sterling bonds were paid with money the Spanish subsidiaries sent abroad.legal.un.org and 4 moreBlas Infante 1910: Blas Infante in 19101936 · Seville, SpainFranco's side shot Blas Infante in 1936, a tribunal fined him 2,000 pesetas in 1940, and his widow paidBlas Infante led the movement for Andalusian self-government. In August 1936, weeks into the Civil War, rebels took him from his home in Coria del Río near Seville. His daughter María de los Ángeles was six.publico.es and 3 moreTemplo masónico histórico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España, 2012-12-15, DD 01: Historic masonic temple, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain1936 · Calle San Lucas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, SpaFranco's forces seized the Masonic temple of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 19 July 1936, used it for interrogations, and Spain moved to declare it a memorial in 2025The Añaza lodge was founded in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 8 August 1895. Between 1899 and 1902 it built a temple on Calle San Lucas; the Spanish state's 2025 notice calls it the first Masonic building made expressly to be a temple.Boletín Oficial del Estado and 2 moreEl Cid: Estatua del Cid (Burgos)1099 · Valencia and Burgos, SpainEl Cid's widow carried his body out of Valencia, and his bones were moved five times between 1102 and 1921Rodrigo Díaz, El Cid, took Valencia from its Muslim rulers in June 1094 and governed it. He died there on 10 July 1099, aged about 56, and was buried in Valencia cathedral. His widow, Jimena Díaz, held the city after his death.encyclopedia.com and 4 moreThe blowing up of the Spanish Frigate Mercedes at the Battle of Cape Santa Maria, 1804label QS:Len,"The blowing up of th: The blowing up of the Spanish Frigate Mercedes at the Batt1804 · off Cape Santa Maria, Portugal; coins now in Cartagena, SpaiA Spanish frigate blew up in 1804 with Captain Alvear's wife and seven children aboard, and in 2007 his descendants sued for its silverThe Spanish Navy frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes left Lima on 31 March 1804 carrying about 900,000 silver pesos, 5,809 gold pesos and almost 2,000 copper and tin ingots.media.ca11.uscourts.gov and 4 moreChristopher Columbus: Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus dead title QS:P1476,en:"Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Col1506 · Valladolid, CastileColumbus's 1502 will disappeared while his descendants fought over the Veragua estate from 1578 to a final ruling in 1793Columbus put his titles and revenues into a mayorazgo, an entail. His will said a woman should not inherit "unless no man is found." His grandson Luis Colón, 1st Duke of Veragua, married three times.revistas.ucm.es and 4 moreHernán Cortés1547 · Castilleja de la Cuesta, SevilleCortés's heir was tried for treason, Mexico seized and sold the estate, and Lucas Alamán hid his bones from 1823 to 1946A royal cédula of 6 July 1529 made Hernán Cortés Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca. The grant gave him civil and criminal jurisdiction over about 23,000 vassals and was entailed as a mayorazgo in 1535.Boletín Oficial del Estado and 8 moreCharles II of Spain: Spanish: Carlos II de España Charles II of Spaintitle QS:P1476,es:"Carlos II de España "label QS:Les,"Carlos II de Españ1700 · Madrid, SpainSpain's childless Charles II left his whole empire to a French prince in his will, and Europe went to war for 13 yearsCharles II of Spain, the last Spanish Habsburg, had serious inherited disabilities and no children. His empire included Spain, much of Italy, the Spanish Netherlands and the Americas.Wikipedia (English) and 1 moreChristopher Columbus: Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus dead title QS:P1476,en:"Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Col1506 · Valladolid; MontalbánColumbus's heirs sued the Spanish Crown for 28 years over his promised tenth and viceroyalty, and settled for a dukedom and 10,000 ducats a yearAt Santa Fe in April 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella made Columbus Admiral, Viceroy and Governor of any lands he found. They also gave him a tenth of the gold, silver, pearls, spices and other goods obtained there.Encyclopaedia Britannica and 4 moreChristopher Columbus: Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus dead title QS:P1476,en:"Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Col1506 · Valladolid, CastileSpain and the Dominican Republic both claim Columbus's body; a 2006 DNA test matched the Seville bones, and Santo Domingo refused testingColumbus was buried in Valladolid. In 1509 his remains were moved to the monastery of La Cartuja near Seville. In 1537 the widow of his son Diego sent the bones of Columbus and Diego to the cathedral of Santo Domingo.historynewsnetwork.org and 4 moreJoanna of Castile: German: Johanna die in spain (1473-1435) Portrait of Joan the Madtitle QS:P1476,de:"Johanna die in spain (1473-1435) "la1504 · Tordesillas, SpainIsabella of Castile's will made her daughter Joanna queen, and Joanna's father and son kept her locked in Tordesillas for 46 yearsIsabella I of Castile died in November 1504. Her daughter Joanna became queen of Castile. Isabella's will let Ferdinand, Joanna's father, govern if Joanna was absent or unwilling to rule, until Joanna's heir turned 20.capillarealgranada.com and 2 moreArco de Elvira Granada: Esta es una fotografía, tomada con mi propio móvil en la que se puede ver el Arco de Elvira desde tres perspectivas diferentes; de frente ,por detrás ,y des1066 · Granada, SpainJoseph ibn Naghrela inherited his father's place as vizier of Granada and was killed in the massacre of 1066Samuel ibn Naghrela fled Córdoba when it was sacked in 1012 and became vizier to King Habbus of Granada.fordham.edu and 3 moreValles típicos de Obejo, Sierra Morena: valles típicos de Sierra Morena. Obejo33 · Rome, Italy; mines in Hispania (Spain)Tacitus says Tiberius had Spain's richest man thrown from the Tarpeian Rock and kept his gold and copper mines for himselfSextus Marius owned gold and copper mines in Spain under the emperor Tiberius. Tacitus calls him the richest man in Spain. He survived an accusation in AD 25.University of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 3 moreAlmoloya Diadema: Diadema de plata. Ajuar de enterramiento. Almoloya. Descubren un palacio y un rico ajuar funerario de la Edad del Bronce en un yacimiento de Murcia. (2014)1650 BCE · La Almoloya, Pliego, Murcia, SpainA woman in a silver diadem was buried under the council hall of La Almoloya, and most of the grave's wealth was hers, not the man's buried with herIn 2014 excavators at La Almoloya, a hilltop seat of the Argaric culture, found Grave 38 under the floor of a large hall with benches for about 50 people, a podium and a hearth.the-past.com and 2 moreCueva del miron: Hallados restos humanos en la cueva del Mirón (Cantabria, España) que podrían corresponder al primer enterramiento del Magdaleniense encontrado en la Península Ibé16700 BCE · El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, SpainThe Red Lady of El Mirón was buried behind an engraved rock, then her skull and long bones were taken away and the rest re-painted redIn 2010 the El Mirón cave team led by Lawrence Straus and Manuel González Morales looked into a gap about a metre wide between the cave wall and a large fallen block. They found most of a woman's skeleton.archaeology.org and 2 more