Rodrigo Ronquillo
Rodrigo Ronquillo y Briceño was a Spanish military and noble known for his intervention at the Revolt of the Comuneros, fighting with the Royalist (Spanish [American independence)|royalists]. During the revolt in 1520, Rodrigo Ronquillo, chief of royal troops in the area, set his headquarters in Santa María [la Real de Nieva], and lost a battle near the town.
He was born in 1471 and died in Madrid on 9 December 1552.