Yebes has gone down as one of the most well-known hunters of the 20th century.[2] His book Veinte Años de Caza Mayor (Twenty Years of Big Game Hunting) was prologued by Ortega y Gasset and is still considered one of the gems of hunting literature.[3] He was described as "tough and wiry and willing to work for his trophy despite being a nobleman".[4]
Yebes was a passionate roe deer hunter since his finca, El Robledo, had a plentiful population.
He was made Honorific President of the Royal Hunting Federation of Spain and founded the National Board of Trophy Hunting Homologation with fellow hunters in 1950, a body of which he was the first president.[1]
^Pedro Vaz Pinto, Evolutionary history of the critically endangered giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger variani): Insights into its phylogeography, population, genetics, demography and conservation, University of Porto (Porto, 2017), p. 9
^Concepción Diez-Pastor Iribas. «Eduardo de Figueroa y Alonso Martínez». Diccionario biográfico español de la Real Academia de la Historia
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Bibliographyedit
Priego, Count of (2017). Cazadores Españoles del Siglo XX. Turner Publicaciones. ISBN978-84-16714-29-2.
Walker, John Frederick (2004). A Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola. Grove Press. ISBN978-08-02140-68-5.
eduardo, figueroa, count, yebes, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, figueroa, second, maternal, family, name, alonso, martínez, eduardo, figueroa, alonso, martínez, count, yebes, september, 1899, july, 1984, spanish, aristocrat, architect, politici. In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Alonso Martinez Eduardo de Figueroa y Alonso Martinez 8th Count of Yebes 20 September 1899 11 July 1984 was a Spanish aristocrat architect politician and writer He was a member of parliament for Barbastro fellow of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and president of the National Board of Trophy Hunting Homologation 1 The Most IllustriousThe Count of YebesPictured in San Sebastian 1927Born 1899 09 20 20 September 1899Madrid SpainDied11 July 1984 1984 07 11 aged 84 Madrid SpainSpouseCarmen Munoz y Roca Tallada m 1922 wbr Children2ParentsAlvaro de Figueroa y Torres 1st Count of Romanones father Casilda Alonso Martinez y Martin mother Contents 1 Early life 2 Hunting 3 Issue 4 Title 5 Selected works 6 References 7 BibliographyEarly life editHe was born in Madrid as the sixth child of Alvaro de Figueroa y Torres 1st Count of Romanones who was Prime Minister of Spain and his wife Casilda Alonso Martinez y Martin the daughter of Manuel Alonso Martinez 1 He had six siblings Casilda Luis Alvaro Carlos Jose and Agustin His brother Alvaro was Mayor of Madrid between 1921 and 1922 Jose won a silver medal in polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics and Agustin was a successful movie director and the father in law of singer Raphael Hunting editYebes has gone down as one of the most well known hunters of the 20th century 2 His book Veinte Anos de Caza Mayor Twenty Years of Big Game Hunting was prologued by Ortega y Gasset and is still considered one of the gems of hunting literature 3 He was described as tough and wiry and willing to work for his trophy despite being a nobleman 4 Amongst his achievements are harvesting the current world record giant sable antelope in Angola in 1949 currently on show at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 4 5 1 He was also the first to document the existence of the Iberian ibex in the Penibaetic System 6 Yebes was a passionate roe deer hunter since his finca El Robledo had a plentiful population He was made Honorific President of the Royal Hunting Federation of Spain and founded the National Board of Trophy Hunting Homologation with fellow hunters in 1950 a body of which he was the first president 1 He died in Madrid in July 1984 7 Issue edit nbsp Spain Golf Open at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro Yebes is in the middle of the back row smoking a cigar 1928On 3 July 1922 he married Carmen Munoz y Roca Tallada at San Fermin de los Navarros in Madrid They had two children Mercedes de Figueroa y Munoz b 1924 Maria del Carmen de Figueroa y Munoz 9th Countess of Yebes b 1929 Title edit8th Count of Yebes 8 Selected works edit20 Anos de Caza Mayor Plus Ultra Madrid 1948 References edit a b c d Priego 2017 p 173 Walker 2004 p 104 Stephen Bodio Sportsman s Library 100 Essential Engaging Offbeat and Occasionally Odd Fishing and Hunting Books for the Adventurous Reader Rowman amp Littlefield Apr 2013 p 210 a b Walker 2004 p 105 Pedro Vaz Pinto Evolutionary history of the critically endangered giant sable antelope Hippotragus niger variani Insights into its phylogeography population genetics demography and conservation University of Porto Porto 2017 p 9 Concepcion Diez Pastor Iribas Eduardo de Figueroa y Alonso Martinez Diccionario biografico espanol de la Real Academia de la Historia ABC Madrid 14 June 1984 Revista Hidalguia numero 56 Ano 1963 p 50 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eduardo de Figueroa 8th Count of Yebes Bibliography editPriego Count of 2017 Cazadores Espanoles del Siglo XX Turner Publicaciones ISBN 978 84 16714 29 2 Walker John Frederick 2004 A Certain Curve of Horn The Hundred Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola Grove Press ISBN 978 08 02140 68 5 Spanish nobilityPreceded byAlvaro de Figueroa y Torres Count of Yebes1922 1984 Succeeded byCarmen de Figueroa y Munoz nbsp This biography of a Spanish noble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eduardo de Figueroa 8th Count of Yebes amp oldid 1144433580, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
