Agustín de Herrera y Rojas

Marquis of Lanzarote · c. 1537–1598

Agustín de Herrera y Rojas
ConquistaHistory16th CenturyLord and Atlantic military figure

Marquis of Lanzarote

First Count and Marquis of Lanzarote, lord of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and a military figure involved in the Atlantic defence of the Spanish Monarchy.

Historical role

Agustín de Herrera y Rojas turned the eastern lordship into a political actor of Atlantic scale. From Lanzarote and Fuerteventura he took part in military, noble and commercial networks connected with island defence, the Portuguese world, North Africa and the Atlantic. His titles of count and marquis show the rise of a seigneurial house whose influence remained decisive well into the sixteenth century.

Timeline

  1. c. 1537Agustín de Herrera y Rojas is born in Lanzarote.
  2. 1567He received the title of Count of Lanzarote, raising the political rank of the seigneurial house.
  3. 1584He was raised to Marquis of Lanzarote in the context of Philip II's Atlantic defence policy.
  4. 1598Agustín de Herrera y Rojas dies.

Sources and verification

  • Noticias de la Historia General de las Islas Canarias
  • Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Gran Canaria
  • Agustín de Herrera y Rojas · Wikipedia