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Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal (14 December 1548 - 20 September 1601) was a Galician (Spanish) nobleman who was Viceroy of Naples from 1599 to 1601. He was the 6th Count of Lemos, an old title from Galicia, centered in the lands around the town of Monforte de Lemos. He was also 3rd Marquis of Sarria and a grandee of Spain.
Dinos (Count) of LEMOS. aka Dinis de PORTUGAL. Born: ? Died: 1516. HM Juan Carlos' 14-Great Uncle. Philippe of Belgium's 12-Great Grandfather. HM Manuel II's 11-Great ...
It was between 1467 and 1469 when the Irmandiña forces took and destroyed the castle; which at that time the 1st Count of Lemos, Pedro Álvarez Osorio, was trying to defend. Once the revolt was over, the Count forced the town to rebuild the castle in its entirety, but the abuse was such that the population denounced him before the Audiencia of ...
4 days ago · Description. Also known as. English. Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade. VII Count of Lemos, Viceroy of Naples and president of the Council of the Indies (1560-1622) Pedro Fernandez de Castro y Andrade.
DEDICATION OF PART II.-TO THE COUNT OF LEMOS. These days past, when sending Your Excellency my plays, that had appeared in print before being shown on the stage, I said, if I remember well, that Don Quixote was putting on his spurs to go and render homage to Your Excellency. Now I say that "with his spurs, he is on his way."
The Castro family, Counts of Lemos since the Middle Ages, reached the zenith of its power and prestige during the reign of Philip III. The political link generated by the marriage between the sixth Count of Lemos and one of the Duke of Lerma’s
