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Born 1585? • Madrid • Spain
Died 1638 • Madrid • Spain
Subjects Of Study Spain
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Spanish writer
Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas
Spanish author
Juan Meléndez Valdés
Spanish poet
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre
Spanish dramatist
Pedro López de Ayala
Spanish poet and chronicler
Núñez de Arce, Gaspar
Gaspar Núñez de Arce
Spanish poet
Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa
Spanish writer and statesman
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy
prime minister of Spain
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain