Diego Fernández de Ovando

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Fray don Diego Fernández de Ovando was a Spanish military and nobleman.

[edit] Life

Diego Fernández de Ovando was a son of don Fernando Fernández de Ovando, second son, and wife doña Francisca de Ulloa, and paternal grandson of don Fernando Fernández de Ovando, 1st Count of Torrelaguna and 1st Count of Uceda, and wife doña Ora Blázquez Trillo, Lady of Talamanca.

He was a Professed Knight of the Habit of Alcántara, Commander of Lares at the time of Master Don Nuno Chamiço elected in 1338.

He had a natural son, don Fernando Alfón de Ovando.

[edit] Sources

• Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906-1998), Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias. MCMXCV, p. 401