Álvaro Domecq y Díez
Álvaro Domecq y Díez | |
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| Born | Álvaro Domecq y Díez 1 July 1917 |
| Died | 5 October 2005 (aged 88) |
Don Álvaro Domecq y Díez (1 July 1917 – 5 October 2005) 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 the Nationalist's side, and later re-introduced bullfighting on horseback to Spain. Domecq further developed bull breeding and presided as patriarch over a bullfighting dynasty.