Pedro de Portocarrero was a Spanish clergyman. He was Bishop of Calahorra (March 1589 – January 1594), Bishop of Cordoba (1594–1597), Bishop of Cuenca (May 1597 – September 1600), and the Inquisitor General (1596–1599), against King Philip II of Spain

Philip II of Spain

Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....

 Aragonese Secretary Antonio Pérez

Antonio Pérez

]Antonio Pérez was a Spanish statesman, secretary of king Philip II of Spain.- Early years :Antonio Perez was born in Madrid in 1540. In 1542 he was legalized as son of Gonzalo Pérez, Secretary of the Council of State of king Charles I of Spain . Most probably Antonio was indeed the son of...

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The Portocarrero family came from Portugal. He was probably one of the cadet sons of Juan de Portocarrero y Portocarrero, the wealthy ninth Señor of Moguer

Moguer

Moguer is a municipality and small city located in the province of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 18,381. Its surface area is , and its population density is ....

, married to powerful merchant woman María Osorio and 1st marquis of Villanueva del Fresno

Villanueva del Fresno

Villanueva del Fresno is a town in Badajoz Province in Extremadura, Spain.Within its municipal area is the farm "High and Low Goat" of 2,688 hectares that was expropriated in 1990 by the Board of Extremadura to the Duchess of Alba to deliver a group of commoners in the nearby town of...

, province of Badajoz, title awarded in 1530 by Charles I of Spain, and lord also of Barcarrota

Barcarrota

Barcarrota is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 3,664 and an area of 136.1 km²....

, province of Badajoz, by purchase, since 1539.

He was honoured by mystical poet Frey Luis de León, or Fray Luis Ponce de León, suspicious to the Inquisition, with Jewish "conversos" ascendency, with what is described as "Oda II" from Frey Luis poetical works. There are also another "Oda XV" and "Oda XXII", both easily found through Internet.