Luis de Carroz Villarragut

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Luis de Carroz Villarragut (* around 1485, † after 1542 ) was the ambassador of Ferdinand II of Aragon to Henry VIII of England from 1509 to 1514 .

Life

Luis de Carroz Villarragut married Angela Borja Lanzol De Romaní Y Catalá, a relative of Alexander VI. Based on the Treaty of Okyng , Spanish traders in France and England formed a stable trading power around 1500. Ferdinand II participates in the trade in salt from La Mata and Ibiza and Isabella I of Castile invested in ships on the Ruta de Flandes . A Spanish pragmatica (rule) of 1500 banned non-Spaniards from carrying cargo on Spanish ships. As Baile General del Reino de Valencia, Carroz Villarragut was entrusted with the administration of the royal treasures of the Catholic kings . From 1509 to 1514 he was Ambassador to the Court of St James’s .

In 1518 Luis de Carroz Villarragut was Charles V's ambassador to Leo X. In a letter of November 20, 1518, Charles V instructed Carroz Villarragut to Luis Marliano (1463–1521), the Bishop of Tuy , to introduce Leo X. so that he is appointed Abbot of Santa Maria de Alfonte.

In a letter from 1522, Charles V informed Pedro Folch de Cardona , Archbishop of Tarragona (1515-1530) and Virrey of Catalonia (1521-1523), that he had named Luis Carroz de Villarragut the Virrey of the Kingdom of Mallorca .

On February 18, 1543, Charles V ordered an annual pension of 800 gold ducats for Luis Carroz de Villarragut.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vargas-Zúñiga y Montero de Espinosa, p. 455
  2. ↑ Antonio de Vargas-Zúñiga y Montero de Espinosa, Baltasar Cartrero y Huerta, Indice De La Coleccion De Don Luis De Salazar Y Castro TOMO II . Real academia de la historia, p. 70
  3. ↑ Vargas-Zúñiga y Montero de Espinosa, p.340 .
  4. ↑ Vargas-Zúñiga y Montero de Espinosa, p. 469
predecessor Office successor
Gutierrez Gomez de Fuensalida Spanish envoy to England
1509–1514 		Bernardo de Mesa
personal data
SURNAME Carroz Villarragut, Luis de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish diplomat, envoy to England (1485–1489)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1485
DATE OF DEATH after 1542