Francisco de Vergara (died 1545 in Toledo, Spain) was a Spanish Hellenist and humanist, brother of Juan de Vergara. He was chair of Greek at the Trilingual College of the University of Alcala. The brothers were of Jewish descent on their maternal side. Francisco de Vergara's students included Juan de Valdés. [1]
Juan de Valdés was a Spanish religious writer and Catholic reformer.
The Spanish Golden Age is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish Habsburgs. The greatest patron of Spanish art and culture during this period was King Philip II (1556–1598), whose royal palace, El Escorial, invited the attention of some of Europe's greatest architects and painters such as El Greco, who infused Spanish art with foreign styles and helped create a uniquely Spanish style of painting. It is associated with the reigns of Isabella I, Ferdinand II, Charles V, Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV, when Spain was the most powerful country in the world.
The Governorate of the Río de la Plata (1549−1776) was one of the governorates of the Spanish Empire. It was created in 1549 by Spain in the area around the Río de la Plata.
Juan Meléndez Valdés was a Spanish neoclassical poet.
Bergara is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.
Vergara may refer to:
The Diocese of León is a diocese located in the city of León in the ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre is an archdiocese located in the city of Sucre in Bolivia.
Sacrificio de mujer is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Venevisión International.
Francisco Cuervo y Valdés was a Spanish politician who governed Nuevo León (1687-1688), Nueva Extremadura (1698–1703), New Philippines (1698–1702), and Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1704–1707).
The Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country, also known as La Bascongada or Bascongada Society, was founded in the mid-18th century to encourage the scientific, cultural and economic development of the Basque Country.
Nicolás de Vergara el Mozo was a Spanish sculptor, architect, blacksmith and glassmaker. He worked in the Toledo Cathedral, where he was master of works, and in other religious and civil buildings. He was the son of the architect and sculptor Nicolás de Vergara el Viejo and Catalina de Colonia, and brother of Juan de Vergara. He was also the nephew of the master glassmakers Arnao de Vergara and Arnao de Flandes and grandson of Arnao of Flanders the Elder.
Juan de Vergara was a Spanish humanist, brother of another famous Spanish humanist, Francisco de Vergara. The brothers were of Jewish descent on the maternal side. He was one of the editors of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
Juan Manso de Contreras was the Governor of New Mexico between 1656 and 1659.
Juan Flores de Sierra y Valdés was a Spanish soldier who served as Governor of New Mexico in 1641. He was replaced at his death by Francisco Gomes.
Karkú is a Chilean teen telenovela television series, co-produced by My Friend Entertainment and Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN).
The Vergara family in Chile is spread across several branches, all considered amongst the founding families of Chile having arrived as conquistadors, most of which are related to each other that established themselves in various regions of what is today Chile.
Benjamin Barron Wiffen (1794–1867) was an English Quaker businessman, bibliophile and biographer of early Spanish Protestant reformers.
José Manuel Álava y Sáenz de Navarrete was a Spanish officer, Colonel of the regiment posted in Puebla and brigadier of the Royal Armies, interim Spanish governor of Acapulco, explorer of the North Pacific, brother of Ignacio María de Álava and uncle of Miguel Ricardo de Álava.
José Francisco Vergara Echevers was a Chilean politician, war hero, cavalry commander, presidential candidate, engineer and journalist who was notable for founding Viña del Mar as well as his several military campaigns of the War of the Pacific.