Alonso de Fonseca II.

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Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo

Alonso de Fonseca II. Or Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (* 1440 in Salamanca ; † March 12, 1512 in Santiago de Compostela ) was Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1460–1465 and 1469–1507) and at times also Archbishop of Seville (1465 –1469) between the two terms of office of his predecessor of the same name Alonso de Fonseca I.

Alonso de Fonseca II was appointed to his offices in 1460 by Pope Pius II and in 1465 by Pope Paul II . He was an advisor to the Catholic Kings . Among other things, he had her daughter Johanna arrested at Queen Isabella's request in 1503 and imprisoned in the Castillo de La Mota . In 1507 he resigned from his office as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela. With Maria de Ulloa he had a son, Alonso de Fonseca III. y Ulloa, who succeeded him in 1507 as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (Spanish). Biografias y vidas, accessed April 14, 2019 .
predecessor Office successor
Rodrigo de Luna Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
1460–1465 		Alonso de Fonseca I.
Alonso de Fonseca I. Archbishop of Seville
1465–1469 		Alonso de Fonseca I.
Alonso de Fonseca I. Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
1469–1507 		Alonso de Fonseca III.
personal data
SURNAME Fonseca, Alonso II. De
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fonseca y Acevedo, Alonso de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela and Seville
DATE OF BIRTH 1440
PLACE OF BIRTH Salamanca
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1512
Place of death Santiago de Compostela