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Born c.1723 • Spain
Died c.1784 • Spain? • Mexico?
Founder San Diego
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
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
Spanish soldier and statesman
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Baldomero Espartero, prince de Vergara
regent of Spain
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Diego Duque de Estrada
Spanish soldier
Juan José de Austria
prime minister of Spain
Narváez, Panfilo de
Panfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador
Juan Prim
Spanish statesman
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, count de Aranda
Spanish statesman
Leopoldo O’Donnell, duke de Tetuán
prime minister of Spain
Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
Spanish military commander