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Francisco de Bobadilla

1500 - 1502

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Francisco de Bobadilla (c. 1448 – 11 July 1502) was an official under the Crown of Castile and a knight of the Order of Calatrava. He was also the nephew of Beatriz de Bobadilla, marchioness of Moya and of Peñalosa, a patron of Christopher Columbus and close friend to Queen Isabella. He was sent to the island of Hispaniola as a judge, where he arrested Columbus for official misconduct. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco de Bobadilla is the 226th most popular explorer (down from 212th in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Spain (up from 807th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 226 out of 498. Before him are Jacob van Heemskerck, Hendrik Brouwer, Joshua Slocum, Pero Escobar, Mark Sykes, and Juan de Garay. After him are Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Anthony van Diemen, Otto Finsch, Pehr Osbeck, and Naddodd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 30. Before him are Elizabeth Blount, Nuno Gonçalves, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Rum Mehmed Pasha, Ruy López de Villalobos, and Luis de Milán. After him are Jacob Hutter, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Tielman Susato, Francisco Serrão, Jan Mandijn, and Jan Sanders van Hemessen. Among people deceased in 1502, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 7. Before him are Arthur, Prince of Wales, Andreas Palaiologos, Ahuitzotl, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Francesco Laurana, and Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria. After him are Annius of Viterbo, Bartolomeo della Gatta, Dionisius, and Miguel Corte-Real.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 801 out of 3,355. Before him are Alejandro Lerroux (1864), Infante Gonzalo of Spain (1914), Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834), Andregoto Galíndez (910), Juan de Garay (1528), and Lubna of Córdoba (922). After him are Achraf Hakimi (1998), Ricardo Viñes (1875), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), Domingo de Soto (1494), Sunyer, Count of Barcelona (900), and Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Francisco de Bobadilla ranks 41. Before him are Francisco de Montejo (1479), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), and Juan de Garay (1528). After him are Rodrigo de Jerez (1350), Juan Fernández (1536), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (1500), and Pedro Tafur (1410).

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