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Privateer Amaro Pargo was declared a hidalgo, a member of the Spanish nobility.
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Amaro Pargo
Spanish privateer and slave trader (1678–1747)
Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado, also known as Amaro Pargo, was a Spanish privateer and slave trader. He was one of the most well-known Spanish privateers during the Golden Age of Piracy. Pargo was noted for his commercial activities and for his frequent religious…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hidalgo (nobility)
Members of the Spanish and Portuguese nobility; a nobleman without a hereditary title
A hidalgo or a fidalgo is a member of the Spanish or Portuguese nobility; the feminine forms of the terms are hidalga, in Spanish, and fidalga, in Portuguese and Galician. Legally, a hidalgo is a nobleman by blood who can pass his noble condition to his children, as opposed to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)