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<p>[QUOTE="Adam Majer, post: 87476, member: 1212"]you might not be right on that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>WIKI : </p><p><br /></p><p>In July 1799, Nelson was created <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Bront%C3%A9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Bront%C3%A9" rel="nofollow">Duke of Bronté</a> (<i>Duca di Bronté</i>), of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" rel="nofollow">Kingdom of Sicily</a> (after 1816, existing in the nobility of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" rel="nofollow">Kingdom of the Two Sicilies</a>), by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_III_of_Sicily" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_III_of_Sicily" rel="nofollow">King Ferdinand</a>, and after briefly experimenting with the signature "Brontë Nelson of the Nile" signed himself "Nelson & Brontë" for the rest of his life.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Other reference : </p><p><br /></p><p>As a token of his thanks, on 3rd September 1799, King Ferdinand I made Nelson the Duke of Bronte (a small town on the north-western foothills of <a href="http://www.thethinkingtraveller.com/thinksicily/guide-to-sicily/areas-of-natural-beauty/mount-etna.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thethinkingtraveller.com/thinksicily/guide-to-sicily/areas-of-natural-beauty/mount-etna.aspx" rel="nofollow">Mount Etna</a>) where still today it is possible to visit Il Castello di Nelson.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Adam Majer, post: 87476, member: 1212"]you might not be right on that :) WIKI : In July 1799, Nelson was created [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Bront%C3%A9']Duke of Bronté[/URL] ([I]Duca di Bronté[/I]), of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily']Kingdom of Sicily[/URL] (after 1816, existing in the nobility of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies']Kingdom of the Two Sicilies[/URL]), by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_III_of_Sicily']King Ferdinand[/URL], and after briefly experimenting with the signature "Brontë Nelson of the Nile" signed himself "Nelson & Brontë" for the rest of his life. Other reference : As a token of his thanks, on 3rd September 1799, King Ferdinand I made Nelson the Duke of Bronte (a small town on the north-western foothills of [URL='http://www.thethinkingtraveller.com/thinksicily/guide-to-sicily/areas-of-natural-beauty/mount-etna.aspx']Mount Etna[/URL]) where still today it is possible to visit Il Castello di Nelson.[/QUOTE]
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