María Pacheco
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María López de Mendoza y Pacheco was a Castilian revolutionary who led the Revolt of the Comuneros in the Kingdom of Toledo.
1868 lithograph of Pacheco
María Pacheco receiving news of her husband's execution, depicted in an 1881 painting by Vicente Borrás y Mompó
María Pacheco's demonstration in Toledo, rallying the city to her banner after her husband's execution, depicted in an 1853 lithograph by Julio Donón
Mural dedicated to María Pacheco, in Villadiego (2021)
Hidalgo (nobility)
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A hidalgo or a fidalgo is a member of the Spanish or Portuguese nobility; the feminine forms of the terms are hidalga, in Spanish, and fidalga, in Portuguese and Galician. Legally, a hidalgo is a nobl
María Pacheco
…a proponent of religious tolerance and secular authority against the Spanish Inquisition, arranged her to be married to Juan López de Padilla, an hidalgo from the Kingdom of Toledo. There she took over management of the Padilla estate, while her husband campaigned for the rights of the petty nobility…
17th-century French illustration of a hidalgo in Spanish America with a Black servant