Rodrigo Ronquillo y Briceño (1471 - 9 December 1552) was a Spanish

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and

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known for his intervention at the

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, fighting with the

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. During the revolt in 1520, Rodrigo Ronquillo, chief of royal troops in the area, set his headquarters in

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, and lost a battle near the town. He was born in 1471 and died in

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on 9 December 1552.

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