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Medallion of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán in the Plaza Mayor of Salamanca

San Martín side, arch 6

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán

Cartouche

D ALONSO GVZMAN

Sculptor
Alejandro Carnicero
Year
1733–1734
Where it is
San Martín side, arch 6

Who he was

1256–1309 Spanish nobleman

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, known as Guzmán el Bueno ("Guzmán the Good"), was a Spanish nobleman and hero of Spain during the medieval period. Guzmán is the progenitor of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia, the oldest extant dukedom in the Kingdom of Castile.

Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.

Photograph: Basilio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2012-08-29 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.