Noblesse Européenne - European Nobility » Ruy Gómez de Silva (1516-1573)

Personal data Ruy Gómez de Silva 

  • He was born in the year 1516 in Chamusca, Portugal.
  • Title: principe, de Eboli, 1
  • Title: duque, de Pastrana, 1
  • Title: señor, de Ulme
  • Title: señor, de Chamusca, 5
  • Profession: Mayordomo Mayor de Felipe II.
  • He died on July 29, 1573 in Madrid, he was 57 years old.
  • A child of Francisco da Silva and María de Menezes

Household of Ruy Gómez de Silva

He is married to Ana de Mendoza.

They got married in the year 1553, he was 37 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ana de Silva  1561-???? 
  2. Rodrigo de Silva  1562-1596 
  3. Diego de Silva  1564-1630 
  4. Ruy Gómez de Silva  1566-1616 
  6. Ana de Silva  1573-1614


Notes about Ruy Gómez de Silva

Acompaño a su abuelo Ruy Téllez de Meneses, en 1526 en el traslado a Castilla de la corte de Isabel de Portugal, entrando como menino al servicio de la Emperatriz.

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Historical events

Day of death July 29, 1573

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1573: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
    • January 28 » Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
    • May 26 » The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.
    • July 6 » Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
    • July 6 » French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
    • October 8 » End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.


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