Juan Blázquez de Cáceres, the Conqueror of Cáceres, was a Spanish

Spain

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 military

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 and nobleman.

Life

Juan Blázquez de Cáceres was born in Ávila and was at the Conquest of Cáceres

Cáceres, Spain

Cáceres is the capital of the same name province, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. , its population was 91,131 inhabitants. The municipio has a land area of 1,750.33 km², and is the largest in geographical extension in Spain....

, on April 23, 1229, from which he took his surname.

He was married to Teresa Alfón and had at least one son, Blazco Múñoz de Cáceres, who died at 90 years and lived in Cáceres

Cáceres, Spain

Cáceres is the capital of the same name province, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. , its population was 91,131 inhabitants. The municipio has a land area of 1,750.33 km², and is the largest in geographical extension in Spain....

 in 1270, married to Pascuala Pérez, daughter of Pascual Pérez and wife Menga Marín, parents of Blazco Múñoz de Cáceres, Founder

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 and 1st Lord of the Majorat of the same name, and García Blázquez de Cáceres, who by one Marina Pérez had 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...

, 2nd Lord

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 of the Majorat

Majorat

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 de Blazco Múñoz. They were the ancestors of the Marqueses de Alcántara

Alcántara

Alcántara is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from the Arabic word al-QanTarah meaning "the bridge".-History:...

(de Villavicencio del Cuervo, May 13, 1667).

Sources

• Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906–1998), Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias. MCMXCV, p. 312-3
• Instituto de Salazar y Castro, Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles. Various (periodic publication)