Admiral of Castile

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Admiral of Castile was a post with a long and important history in Spain. One famous holder was Fadrique Enríquez. Another was Admiral Don Bernardo de Sarrià, Baron of Polop and nobleman in the service of King James II of Aragon.

Admirals of Castile[]

The following is a list of people who held this title:[1][2][3]

Admiral Notes
Ramón Bonifaz After 1247.
Post held from 1253 and 1262.
Between 1262 and 1269.
died in 1293. Brother of predecessor.
Died in 1295. Genovése.
Died in 1299.
Sevillano.
Abdicated in 1304.
Head of House of Magan and of Mejorada.
Between 1307 and 1311.
Italian.
Alonso Jofre Tenorio Died in 1340.
Gran Prior of the Knights Hospitaller. Renounced in 1341.
Egidio Boccanegra Executed in 1367.
Ambrosio Bocanegra Son of predecessor. Died in 1373.
Fernando Sánchez de Tovar Noble from Berlanga. Died in 1382.
Son of predecessor. Died in the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385.
Noble of Mendivil. Died in 1390.
Died in 1392.
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza Died in 1405.
Alonso Enríquez Duke of Medina de Rioseco, son of Fadrique de Castilla. Died in 1429.
Fadrique Enríquez . Son of predecessor.
Son of predecessor. Died in 1485.
Fadrique Enríquez de Velasco Son of predecessor. Died without heirs in 1538.
Fernando Enríquez de Velasco Brother of predecessor. Died in 1542.
Son of predecessor. Died in 1567.
Son of predecessor. Died in 1596.
Son of predecessor. Died in 1600.
Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera Son of predecessor. Died in 1647.
Son of predecessor. Died in 1691.
Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera Son of predecessor. Felipe V dismissed him from his post for making peace with the aristocracy during the wars of Spanish succession.

References[]

  1. ^ Alonso Fernández de Madrid: Silva palentina, vol. I, págs. 247–248.
  2. ^ Francisco Xavier de Garma y Salcedo: Theatro universal de España: descripción eclesiástica y secular de todos sus reynos y provincias, vol. III, pág. 354 y ss.
  3. ^ Pedro Salazar de Mendoza: Origen de las dignidades seglares de Castilla y León, cap. XV.
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