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 Juan de Tovar y Toledo, 3rd Lord of Cevico and Boca de Huérgano and later 1st Lord of Caracena (c.1370-1415) was a Spanish

Spain

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 nobleman and military

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, the eldest son of Sancho de Tovar, 2nd Lord of Cevico, and his wife Teresa de Toledo, and great-grandfather of Portuguese

Portugal

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-naturalized navigator

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 and explorer Sancho de Tovar

Sancho de Tovar

Sancho de Tovar, 6th Lord of Cevico, Caracena and Boca de Huérgano was a Portuguese nobleman of Castilian birth, best known as a navigator and explorer during the Portuguese age of discoveries. He was the sub-captain of the fleet that discovered Brazil in 1500, and was later appointed Governor of...

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Military career

At the age of 20, Juan de Tovar y Toledo joined the army of Henry III of Castile

Henry III of Castile

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 and took part in the Reconquista

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, having fought at Collejares. He is also likely to have participated in most of the king's unsuccessful attempts to seize Granada

Granada

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. Because of his deeds in battle he was offered the domains of Caracena and appointed Guarda Mayor (chief of the king's personal guard) by Henry's successor, John II of Castile

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He also built the fortification that came to be known as Torreón de los Tovar, at Boca de Huérgano

Boca de Huérgano

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Marriage and children

Around 1390 Juan de Tovar y Toledo married Sancha Manoel, daughter of the 1st Count of Seia

Seia

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. After her death, he married Constanza Henriquez. Their son, Juan de Tovar, was the 4th Lord of Cevico and Boca de Huérgano.