Hernando de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza (d. 1575)
Hernando de Aragón y de Gurrea, OCist (25 July 1498 – 29 January 1575), Archbishop of Zaragoza and Lieutenant General of Aragon, was an Aragonese humanist and historian.
1498Jul, 25
Hernando de Aragón
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