San Martín side, arch 15
Rodrigo Dávila
D ROD DAVILA
- Sculptor
- Alejandro Carnicero
- Year
- 1733–1734
- Where it is
- San Martín side, arch 15
Who he was
Ruy López Dávalos
1357–1428 Count of Ribadeo
Ruy López Dávalos, Count of Ribadeo, Adelantado of Murcia, 1396, Constable of Castile, 1400–1423, during the reigns of kings Henry III of Castile and John II of Castile. He was very attached to king Henry III's uncle, Ferdinand of Antequera, afterwards elected king Ferdinand I of Aragon, reigning from 1412 to 1416.
How we know who it isLa cartela dice «D ROD DAVILA» y el anexo de Wikipedia lo llama Rodrigo Dávila, pero la prensa local y la fotografía de Commons lo dan como Rodrigo Dávalos, y esa ficha añade las fechas: Úbeda, 1357 – Valencia, 1428, militar encargado de la invasión de Portugal. Son las de Ruy López Dávalos, condestable de Castilla.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Ruy López Dávalos, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Tamorlan · CC BY 3.0 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
