Jacob Curiel of Coimbra explained

Honorific Prefix:Captain
Birth Date:1514
Death Date:1577
Birth Place:Coimbra, Portugal
Death Place:Coimbra, Portugal
Allegiance: Spain
Rank:Captain
Children:Abraham Curiel, physician
Relations:Fernão Nunes (brother)

Jacob Curiel of Coimbra (1514-1576),[1] also known as Jacob Curiel or Duarte Nunes of Coimbra, was a prosperous Portuguese cloth merchant and navy commander.[2]

Life and career

Curiel was born into a family of crypto-Jews, the brother of Fernão Nunes, and grandson of Jeronimo de Saldanha y Bovadilha, who was a Portuguese nobleman. Curiel rose to become a captain in the Spanish Navy, commanding two fleets. Upon discovering that Curiel was Jewish, his sailors freed him because they had respected him.[3] [4] He was the father of Abraham Curiel.[5] [6] Historian Jonathan Israel described him as one of the most influential merchants of the sixteenth century.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family tree of Dr. Abraham Curiel. 2020-11-26. Geneanet. en.
  2. Web site: Yaakov Curiel (Duarte Nunes Da Costa) (1514 - 1576). 2020-11-26. www.ancestry.co.uk.
  3. Web site: 2017-06-05. Pirates of the Carribbean [sic] ...Who Kept Shabbos!. 2020-11-26. Jew In The City. en-US.
  4. Web site: schoolchanger. 2018-02-09. Jewish Pirates. 2020-11-26. foodhistoryreligion. en.
  5. Book: Costa. Isaäc da. Noble Families Among the Sephardic Jews. Brewster. Bertram. Roth. Cecil. 1936. Oxford University Press, H. Milford. en.
  6. Book: Israel, Jonathan. Empires and Entrepots: Dutch, the Spanish Monarchy and the Jews, 1585-1713. 1990-01-01. A&C Black. 978-1-85285-022-7. en.
  7. Book: Israel, Jonathan. Empires and Entrepots: Dutch, the Spanish Monarchy and the Jews, 1585-1713. 1990-01-01. A&C Black. 978-1-85285-022-7. en.