Diego Fernández De Cáceres Y Ovando
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Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando (– Monleón, aft. February 2, 1487) was a Spanish
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and nobleman.


Life

Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando was a son of Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres y Mogollón, who granted a
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at Cáceres in 1443, and wife Leonor Alfón de Ovando, daughter of Fernando Alfón de Ovando and wife Teresa Alfón (seventh grandparents in male line of the conqueror of the
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of Brindis,
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and
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in the
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, formerly called ''Brundisium'' and currently
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,
Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi Francisco José de Ovando y Solís Rol de La Cerda, 1st Marquis of Brindisi () (c. 1693 – December 9, 1755) was a Spanish soldier who served as Governor-General of the Philippines and governor of Chile. Early life Francisco José de Ovando wa ...
, and his brother Alonso Pablo de Ovando y Solís Rol de La Cerda, 2nd Marqués de Brindis), and paternal grandson of
Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres was a Spanish nobleman. Life Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres was a son of Juan Blázquez de Cáceres, ''el Gordo'', already deceased in 1364. His father was a natural son of García Blázquez de Cáceres, younger brothe ...
and wife Juana González. He was the 1st Lord of the
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del Alcázar Viejo, which place was granted ''de jure'' by
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by Royal Cedule of July 16, 1473, ''famous Captain'' of the aforementioned King and of the
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since 1475, ''Alcalde'' of Benquerencia and Monleón, where he passed on in 1487, having tested on February 2. He was firstly married to Isabel Flores de las Varillas,
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of Queen Isabel I of Castile, daughter of Rodrigo Flores de las Varillas, a distant relative of
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, and wife María Estebán Tejado de Paredes. He grew up and learned the
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at the house of the Infant Lord King John II of Navarre Jerónimo de Zurita y Castro, '' Anales de la Corona de Aragón'' and his services are historical. They had at least two sons, first born
Diego de Cáceres y Ovando Diego de Cáceres y Ovando was a Spanish nobleman. Life Diego de Cáceres y Ovando, first-born son of Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando, 1st Señor of the Manor House del Alcázar Viejo, and first wife Isabel Flores de las Varillas, a distant ...
and
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. He was the ascendant of the Marqueses de
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(Mesía, on June 22, 1627,
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s of
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in 1640), Loriana (Velázquez-Dávila, December 19, 1591) and La Puebla de Ovanda (Velázquez-Dávila, March 10, 1627), Vizcondes de Penapardo, Condes de
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with a
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of de Herrera (de Herrera, 1487, also Señores de las
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), de Oliva de Gaytan with a
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of de Galarza (de Galarza, May 18, 1649), Fuenterubia, etc.


References


Sources

*Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906–1998), ''Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias''. MCMXCV, pp. 311–2 *Instituto de Salazar y Castro, ''Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles''. Various (periodic publication) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez De Caceres Y Ovando, Diego 1487 deaths Spanish untitled nobility Year of birth unknown