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 |
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Relatives: | Ruy González Briceño |
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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]