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. In 1482 he led the Castilian forces that captured the town of Alhama and later

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. He had earlier been one of the military leaders in the

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was his father-in-law. He was made 1st

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in 1484 and succeeded briefly by his heir

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. Ponce de León is also related to: *

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*Harold Livermore. ''A History of Spain''. New York: Grove Press, 1958. p. 192. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponce de Leon, Rodrigo, Cadiz, Duke of, 01 1443 births 1492 deaths People of the Reconquista