Hernán Pérez de Ovando was a Spanish military man and nobleman.

Life

Hernán Pérez de Ovando was a son of Pedro Fernández de Ovando and wife María de Azagra. He served

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and

Alfonso IX of León Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University ...

, specially at the Conquest of Cáceres on April 23, 1229, which

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'' were given to him in

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of honour in 1230. In 1232 he received from his brother Rodrigo Pérez de Ovando, 1st Count of Ciudad Rodrigo the donation of the part that corresponded to him at the Conquest of Cáceres. He married and was the father of

Fernando Fernández de Ovando Fernando Fernández de Ovando was a Spanish diplomat and nobleman. Life Fernando Fernández de Ovando was a son of Hernán Pérez de Ovando and wife. He was a server of Ferdinand III of Castile and Alfonso X of Castile, the Wise, being his Ambassa ...

Sources

*Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906–1998), ''Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias''. MCMXCV, p. 402 {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez De Ovando, Hernan Spanish untitled nobility