Rodrigo Ronquillo Explained

Rodrigo Ronquillo
Office:Mayor of Zamora
Birth Name:Rodrigo Ronquillo y Briceño
Birth Date:1471
Birth Place:Arévalo, Aldeaseca, Ávila, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Occupation:Military and noble
Spouse:Teresa Briceño
Children:
Relatives:Ruy González Briceño
Battles:

Rodrigo Ronquillo y Briceño (1471 - 9 December 1552) was a Spanish military and noble known for his intervention at the Revolt of the Comuneros, fighting with the royalists.[1] During the revolt in 1520, Rodrigo Ronquillo, chief of royal troops in the area, set his headquarters in Santa María la Real de Nieva, and lost a battle near the town.[2]

He was born in 1471 and died in Madrid on 9 December 1552.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Ronquillo, Rodrigo . . 1998 . 1553 . . 11 . 8423986586.
  2. Book: Arnanz Ruiz, Carlos . es . 1972 . Santa María la Real de Nieva . Revancha . Mateo . Segovia . Ayuntamiento de Sta. Mª la Real de Nieva . 131.
  3. Book: de Montalvo, Juan José . De la historia de Arévalo y sus sexmos . Ávila . Institución Gran Duque de Alba . 1983 . Reprod. facs. de la ed. de: Valladolid : Imprenta Castellana, 1928 . 8400054067 . 1928 . PDF . 295.
  4. Book: Ruiz-Ayúcar, Eduardo . El alcalde Ronquillo : su época, su falsa leyenda negra . Ávila . Institución Gran Duque de Alba, D.L. . 1997 . 2nd . 1958 . 84-89518-25-4 . 204.