Juan López de Hoyos
Spanish writer
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| Intro | Spanish writer | |
| Places | Spain | |
| is | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | Madrid | |
| Death | Madrid |
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Biography
Juan López de Hoyos (1511–1583) was a Spanish schoolmaster and author who lived during the Renaissance. He is most notably believed to be the teacher of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, from whom he commissioned several poems for a commemorative work on the life of Philip II of Spain's wife, Elisabeth of Valois.
Works
- Declaración de las armas de Madrid y algunas antigüedades
- Relación de la muerte y honras fúnebres del SS. Príncipe D. Carlos, hijo de la Mag. del Cathólico Rey D. Philippe el segundo nuestro señor, 1568
- Hystoria y relación verdadera de la enfermedad, felicíssimo tránsito y sumptuosas exequias fúnebres de la Sereníssima Reyna de España doña Isabel de Valoys, 1569
- Real apparato, y sumptuoso recebimiento con que Madrid ... rescibio a la Sereníssima reyna D Ana de Austria, 1572 .