Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña [SEP] place of birth
Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña
Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña (1410, in Carrascosa del Campo – 1 July 1482, in Alcalá de Henares) was a Spanish politician and Roman Catholic archbishop.
Life.
His father was Lope Vázquez de Acuña, head of the Honrado Concejo de la Mesta and descendent of a noble Portuguese family. His mother was Teresa Carrillo de Albornoz, a native of Carrascosa del Campo whose ancestors had included clergy. He was educated under his uncle, cardinal Alfonso Carrillo de Albornoz. On Albornoz's fall
Henares.
Issue.
While still young, he had two illegitimate sons:
- Troylos Carrillo, later count of Agosta
- Lope Vasquez de Acuña
Bibliography.
- Guillermo Mireki, "Apuntes genealógicos y biográficos de don Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña, Arzobispo de Toledo", Anales Toledanos vol. XXVIII, Instituto de Estudios Toledanos, Toledo, 1991 (pp. 55–76).
External links.
- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church