Alonso Molina de Medrano
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Don Alonso Molina de Medrano (b. 1550 – Madrid, 26 July 1616) was a Judge and Advisor of the Kingdom of Castile, Inquisitor of Córdoba and Zaragoza, professor at the University of Seville, Councilor of the Indies, the first counselor and chamberlain in the Chamber of the Indies, member of the Board of Finance of the Indies, Councilor on the Royal Council of Castile, ambassador to Lisbon and participated in the investigative boards during the reign of kings Philip II and Philip III of Spain.[1] He was a knight of the Military Order of Santiago, Commander of Benazusa and Villafranca in the Supreme Councils and Senates of the Indies and Castile, and Patron of the Main Chapel of San Francisco in Vélez-Málaga.[2] He married Doña Francisca de Hinojosa.[3]
Due to his oratory skills and peacemaking abilities, Felipe II transferred him to Madrid and appointed him as a member of the Royal Council of the Indies by Royal Decree on July 27, 1592. Felipe III later appointed him as Counselor of the Council of the Indies in 1601 by Royal Decree. Following a royal mission in Portugal, he was named a Member of the Supreme Council of Castile in 1606.[3]