Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando (– Monleón

Monleón

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, aft. February 2, 1487) was a Spanish

Spain

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 military

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 and nobleman.

Life

Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando was a son of Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres y Mogollón, who granted a will

Will (law)

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 at Cáceres

Cáceres, Spain

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 in 1443, and wife Leonor Alfón de Ovando, daughter of Fernando Alfón de Ovando

Fernando Alfón de Ovando

-Life:Fernando Alfón de Ovando was a natural son of Fray Diego Fernández de Ovando.He was a Marshal of Castile who lived at Cáceres with a house at the Parish of San Mateos in 1405, married to Teresa Alfón...

 and wife Teresa Alfón (seventh grandparents in male line of the conqueror of the castle

Castle

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 of Brindis, Italian

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 city

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 and sea port in the Adriatic, formerly called Brundisium and currently Brindisi

Brindisi

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, Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi

Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi

Francisco José de Ovando y Solís Rol de La Cerda, 1st Marquis of Brindisi was a Spanish soldier who served as governor of Chile.-Early life:Francisco José de Ovando was born in the city of Caceres in Extremadura...

, and his brother Alonso Pablo de Ovando y Solís Rol de La Cerda, 2nd Marqués de Brindis), and paternal grandson of Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres

Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres

-Life:Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres was a son of Juan Blázquez de Cáceres, el Gordo, already deceased in 1364, and wife Doña María Gil de Mogollón, daughter of Don Alfón Gil de Mogollón, Lord of the House of Mogollón and wife Martina Gómez Espadero...

 and wife Juana González.

He was the 1st Lord of the Manor House

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 del Alcázar Viejo, which place was granted de jure by Henry IV of Castile

Henry IV of Castile

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 by Royal Cedule of July 16, 1473, famous Captain of the aforementioned King and of the Catholic Monarchs

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 since 1475, Alcalde of Benquerencia

Benquerencia

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 and Monleón

Monleón

Monleón is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2007 census , the municipality has a population of 113 inhabitants.....

, where he passed on in 1487, having tested on February 2.

He was firstly married to Isabel Flores de las Varillas, Dame

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 of Queen Isabel I of Castile, daughter of Rodrigo Flores de las Varillas, a distant relative of Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés

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, and wife María Estebán Tejado de Paredes.

He grew up and learned the military art

Military science

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 at the house of the Infant Lord King John II of Navarre

John II of Aragon

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 and his services are historical.

They had at least two sons, first born Diego de Cáceres y Ovando

Diego de Cáceres y Ovando

-Life:Diego de Cáceres y Ovando, first born son of Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando, 1st Señor of the Manor House del Alcázar Viejo, and first wife Isabel Flores de las Varillas, a distant relative of Hernán Cortés, was the 2nd Señor of the House de las Cigüeñas, at the Plaza de San Mateus of...

 and Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres.

He was the ascendant of the Marqueses de Leganés

Leganés

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 (Mesía, on June 22, 1627, Grandee

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s of Spain

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 in 1640), Loriana (Velázquez-Dávila, December 19, 1591) and La Puebla de Ovanda (Velázquez-Dávila, March 10, 1627), Vizcondes de Penapardo, Condes de La Gomera

La Gomera

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 with a Coat of Arms

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 of de Herrera (de Herrera, 1487, also Señores de las Islas Canarias

Canary Islands

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), de Oliva de Gaytan with a Coat of Arms

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 of de Galarza (de Galarza, May 18, 1649), Fuenterubia, etc.

Sources

• Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906–1998), Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias. MCMXCV, pp. 311–2
• Instituto de Salazar y Castro, Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Various (periodic publication)