Diego de Cáceres Ovando
2nd Señor de la Casa de las Cigüeñas
(–>1505)

Biographical

2nd Señor de la Casa de las Cigüeñas 1487–>1505†
Regidor of Cáceres 1494, 1496
Alcaide of Monleón 1487–90

Diego headed one of the factions that had emerged among the Cáceres nobility as a consequence of the previous wars, and subsequently the Royal Council prohibited factional activity and the gathering of followers, extending the prohibition to all regidores, knights, and inhabitants of the town under penalty of fines and exile. He later became involved in a dispute over the Saint John procession, refusing for unknown reasons to obey an order to accompany the town banner, as was customary for the regidor of Cáceres, but was ultimately acquitted on appeal by the Chancillería of Ciudad Real. Diego had the family tomb constructed at the Church of San Mateo in Cáceres.

Place of marriage: Mérida

Son of Diego de Cáceres Ovando and Isabel Flores, he was married to Francisca de Mendoza (Vera), with issue:
• Diego (see)
• Juana de Mendoza y Vera, †<1565