Don Diego de Benavides de la Cueva y Bazán, 1st Marquess of Solera and 8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, was a Spanish military officer, diplomat, writer and colonial administrator. From December 3
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Diego de Benavides, Horae succisiuae siue Elucubrationes, title page of the 1664 edition
Order of Santiago
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The Order of Santiago is a religious and military order founded in the 12th century. It owes its name to the patron saint of Spain, Santiago. Its initial objective was to protect the pilgrims on the W
Diego de Benavides, 8th Count of Santisteban
…Benavides received a Humanistic education with the Jesuits of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid. He was a Knight of the Order of Santiago and a gentleman of the king's bedchamber. He fought in Aragon and Portugal. After the 1643 war with Portugal, he was Captain General of the Borders…
Badge of order at the Walters Museum, 17th century
Álvaro de Luna (between 1388 and 1390; June 2, 1453), Constable of Castile, Grand Master of the military order of Santiago, and favorite of King John II of Castile
Portrait of Íñigo López de Mendoza with the embroidered cross of the order, by Frans Pourbus the Elder
The 3rd Count of Guaqui in the uniform of the order, c. 1910