Álvaro Domecq y Díez

Álvaro Domecq y Díez
Born
Álvaro Domecq y Díez

(1917-07-01)1 July 1917
Died5 October 2005(2005-10-05) (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.