Lope Conchillos y Quintana (? - 1521 in Toledo

Toledo, Spain

Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...

) was a Spanish politician, and secretary at the court of King Ferdinand "the Catholic"

Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...

. He was of Converso

Converso

A converso and its feminine form conversa was a Jew or Muslim—or a descendant of Jews or Muslims—who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries. Mass conversions once took place under significant government pressure...

Jewish heritage and married María Niño de Ribera, cousin of the Duke of Infantado. He was awarded an encomienda in Arasibo

Arasibo

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 (later Arecibo

Arecibo

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) in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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. He was an enemy of Bartolomé de Las Casas

Bartolomé de Las Casas

Bartolomé de las Casas O.P. was a 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians"...

, and father in law to Pedro de Guzmán by his daughter Francisca de Ribera Niño.http://books.google.com/books?id=xsGfUv6l2PEC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=lope+conchillos&source=bl&ots=me3j8Pwi89&sig=Lbxf9K97dyWomerHZEFRigyGgg8&hl=en&ei=Qf8MTfCiBpC4sAOK6oGxAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=lope%20conchillos&f=false

• Biography in Spanish
• Biography in Spanish|coauthor=|title=The Life and Writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|year=1967}}