Spanish nobles are classified either as Grandees (also called Peers) or as Titled Nobles. Formerly, Grandees were divided into the first, second and third classes, but now, all Grandees are of the first class. An individual is a Grandee if he or she holds a Grandeeship, regardless of possession of a title of Nobility. Normally, however, each Grandeeship is granted along with a title, though this was not always the case. Furthermore, a Grandeeship is normally awarded along with every ducal title. A peer of any rank outranks a non-peer, even if that non-peer is of a higher grade. Thus, a Baron-Peer would outrank a Marquess who is not a peer.

Grandees are entitled to the style of Most Excellent Lord/ Lady or His/ Her Excellency.

By extension the term can refer to any important person of high status, particularly one long resident in an area possessing both land and wealth.

New Model Army

Senior officers from the landed gentry in the New Model Army who opposed the Levellers were called Grandees. This article deals with the English Civil War army. ... See Levellers (disambiguation) for alternative meanings. ...

After the defeat of the King Charles I of England in the English Civil War, there were a series of debates and confrontations between the Levellers, whose members were known as Agitators, and the Grandees like Sir Thomas Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton, who opposed what they saw to be the radical proposals of the Agitators. The disagreements were aired publicly at the Putney Debates which started in late October 1647 and lasted for a couple of weeks. Charles I ( 19 November 1600– 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his death. ... The English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, specifically to the first (1642–1645) and second (1648–1649) civil wars between the supporters of King Charles I and the supporters of... Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (January 17, 1612 - November 12, 1671), parliamentary general and commander-in-chief during the English Civil War, the eldest son of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, was born at Denton, near Otley, Yorkshire. ... Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... Henry Ireton Henry Ireton (1611 - November 26, 1651), English was a general in the army of Parliament during the English Civil War. ... The Putney Debates1, at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Putney, in the county of Surrey, started on October 28, 1647 and lasted until November 11. ... Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ...

See also

• Spanish nobility