Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando
Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando was a Spanish military and nobleman.Life
Diego Fernández de Cáceres y Ovando was a son of Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres y Mogollón, who granted a will at Cáceres in 1443, and wife Leonor Alfón de Ovando, daughter of Fernando Alfón de Ovando and wife Teresa Alfón, and paternal grandson of Fernán Blázquez de Cáceres and wife Juana González.
He was the 1st Lord of the Manor House del Alcázar Viejo, which place was granted de jure by Henry IV of Castile by Royal Cedule of July 16, 1473, famous Captain of the aforementioned King and of the Catholic Monarchs since 1475, Alcalde of Benquerencia and Monleón, where he passed on in 1487, having tested on February 2.
He was firstly married to Isabel Flores de las Varillas, Dame of Queen Isabel I of Castile, daughter of Rodrigo Flores de las Varillas, a distant relative of Hernán Cortés, and wife María Estebán Tejado de Paredes.
He grew up and learned the military art at the house of the Infant Lord King John II of Navarre and his services are historical.
They had at least two sons, first born Diego de Cáceres y Ovando and Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres.
He was the ascendant of the Marqueses de Leganés, Loriana and La Puebla de Ovanda, Vizcondes de Penapardo, Condes de La Gomera with a Coat of Arms of de Herrera, de Oliva de Gaytan with a Coat of Arms of de Galarza, Fuenterubia, etc.
