CRISTÓBAL DE CASTILLEJO (1491-1556) was born at Ciudad Rodrigo. He joined the household
of Ferdinand I of Bohemia, the brother of Carlos V, and later
became a priest. In 1539 he went to Venice in the suite of Diego
Hurtado de Mendoza. He died in Vienna where he is buried at Wiener
Stadt. His works were published at Madrid in 1792. |
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