Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Álvaro Domecq y Díez

Spanish noble

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1917

Place of Birth: Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 05-Oct-2005

Profession: military personnel, politician, bullfighter

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.