Global InformationJuan de Tovar information
Juan Fernández de Tovar | |
|---|---|
| King's Guard | |
| Other titles | Chief-guard to Henry IV of Castile, lord of Cevico de La Torre and Caracena |
| Other names | Martin Fernández de Tovar Martim Fernandes de Tovar |
| Known for | Ally of Afonso V of Portugal in favor of Joanna, the Beltraneja;
Lord of Cevico and Caracena; Head of the Tovares of Portugal; Father of the navigator Sancho de Tovar. |
| Born | 15th century Kingdom of Castile |
| Died | 1500 |
| Noble family | House of Tovar |
| Spouse(s) | Leonor de Vilhena |
| Issue | Francisco de Tovar
Sancho de Tovar Margarida Manuel |
| Parents | Father: Sancho de Tovar |
Juan de Tovar or Juan Fernández de Tovar, later known as Martín Fernández de Tovar (- 1500[1]), was a Castilian nobleman, belonging to the House of Tovar, Lord of the villages of Cevico de la Torre and Caracena, and Chief-guard to King Henry IV of Castile.[2]
After the monarch's death, he did not recognize the king's half-sister, Princess Isabella, as sovereign, thus joining the party of the Marquis of Vilhena, Juan Pacheco, and the Archbishop of Toledo, Alfonso Carrillo, in support of the king's alleged daughter, Joanna la Beltraneja, and her husband Afonso V, King of Portugal. For this reason, Tovar had the lordships of Cevico and Caracena confiscated in 1489 by the Catholic Monarchs, who sentenced him to death, and fled to France the following year.
In Portugal, he was known by the name Martim Fernandes de Tovar, for having aligned himself with King Afonso V against the Catholic Monarchs and in favour of Joanna la Beltraneja. He was also known as the father of the navigator Sancho de Tovar and as the head of the Tovar family in the country.
- ^ Salazar y Castro (1696, pp. 451–455)
- ^ Suárez Fernández (1989, p. 99)