Garcilaso de la Vega

Garcilaso de la Vega

male, deceased (1536)
Toledo, King Carlos I, French, Italian, Carlos V of the Holy Roman Empire, spanish language…OrderofSantiago, Isabel of Portugal
Garcilaso de la Vega, was the prototypical Spanish "Renaissance man," the soldier-poet who was the most influential (though not the first or the...

Paio Peres Correia

male
knight, Barcelos, Monte de Fralães, D. Paio Peres Correia, Ferdinand III, the Saint, Mérida…Order of St. James of the Sword, OrderofSantiago
D. Paio Peres Correia, a notable medieval Christian conquistador, who was born c. 1205, in Monte de Fralães, in the district of Barcelos in what i...
Juan de Silva

Juan de Silva

male, deceased (1616)
Captains General of the Philippines, malacca, Spanish expatriate in the Philippines, OrderofSantiago, Trujillo, Spain
Juan de Silva (d. April 19, 1616, Malacca) was a Spanish military commander and governor of the Philippines, from April 1609 until his death on...

Álvaro de Luna

male, deceased (1453)
"contino", of Santiago, Peñíscola, Peter the Cruel of Castile, Pedro of Castile, Constable of Castile…OrderofSantiago, Crown of Castile, john of gaunt, king of Aragon, military order
Álvaro de Luna y Jarana, Constable of Castile, Grand Master of the military order of Santiago, and favorite of King John II of Castile. He was b...

Nicolás Antonio

male, deceased (1684)
spanish, Bibliographer, 15th century, seville, salamanca, General Agent…OrderofSantiago
Nicolás Antonio was a Spanish bibliographer born in Seville. After taking his degree in Salamanca (1636-1639), he returned to his native city, w...

Eleanor Of Guzman

female, deceased (1351)
Aguilar de Campoo, spanish, Jewish person, Mistresses of Spanish royalty, seville, badajoz…OrderofSantiago, Sancho of Alburquerque
Eleanor of Guzman was a mistress of King Alfonso XI of Castile. She is known in Spanish as "Leonor Núñez de Guzmán". She was born in Seville, dau...
Beatriz Of Portugal

Beatriz Of Portugal

female, deceased (1506)
princess, isabel, beatriz, Portuguese, OrderofSantiago, Order of St. James of the Sword…Isabella of Braganza, Infante João of Portugal, Treaty of Terçarias de Moura, Treaty of Alcáçovas
Beatriz, infanta of Portugal was a daughter of Infante João of Portugal (fourth son of King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster) a...
Alonso de Alvarado

Alonso de Alvarado

male
spanish conquistador, spanish, Extremadurian, Quizo Yupanqui, Battle of Las Salinas, Extremaduran explorer…OrderofSantiago
Alonso de Alvarado was a conquistador and knight of the Order of Santiago. He fought against the hosts of Quizo Yupanqui that were besieging Lima...

Gregório Lopes

male
Lisbon, Jorge de Lencastre, Jorge Leal, Convent of Christ, Cristovão de Figueiredo, Monastery of Ferreirim…National Museum of Ancient Art, OrderofSantiago
Gregório Lopes was one of the most important Renaissance painters from Portugal. Gregório Lopes was educated in the workshop of King Manuel I's ro...

Diego De Benavides Y de la Cueva

male, deceased (1666)
Navarre, Jesuit, galicia, spanish, louis xiv, lima…OrderofSantiago, Peace of the Pyrenees
Diego de Benavides y de la Cueva, octavo conde de Santisteban del Puerto, marques de Solera (1607, Santisteban del Puerto, Jaén, Spain-ca. March 1...