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Also Known As Gonzalo Jiménez de Cisneros
Born 1436 • Spain
Died November 8, 1517 (aged 81) • Spain
Role In Spanish Inquisition

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Philip III
king of Spain and Portugal
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Spanish statesman
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Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Paul IV
Paul IV
pope
Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII
king of Spain
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic
Alonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar
Spanish diplomat
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
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Mariano Rajoy
prime minister of Spain
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
king of Spain
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain

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