Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Duke

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 of Ostuni

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 in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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, Marquess

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 of La Floresta

La Floresta, Lleida

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 and Lord

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 of the Castle

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 of Arbeteta

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 in the Kingdom of Spain (born on March 4, 1957 in Madrid

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). The Marquess of La Floresta is more popularly known by his official designation as Cronista de Armas of the autonomous community of Castile and León

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. He also serving as personal heraldic officer to King of Spain Juan Carlos I. Author of many books on jurisprudence

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, royalty

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, nobility

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, heraldry

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 and genealogy

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, the Spanish Cronista numbers among his credentials several doctoral degrees in the fields of law, the science of politics, and of history.