Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa

Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa (1618/1620–1680) was a Spanish poet and historian. He was adherent to the Baroque movement Culteranismo[1] and wrote epithalamiums as well as panegyrics.[2][3] He has been described as a possible influence on Juana Inés de la Cruz.[4]

Biography

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Trillo y Figueroa was born in the parish San Pedro de Cerbás, Ares, Spain, to José de Trillo and Juana Flores de León between 1618 and 1620.[2] When Trillo y Figueroa was 11 years old,[5] his family moved to Granada after de Trillo received inheritance from his uncle.[2] He and his brother, Juan,[6][7] then received an education,[2] including literature, there.[5] He participated in the poetic environment at a young age. This early exposure is attributed as where his mastery in satire derived.[8] His brother became interested in genealogy, publishing Origen de la casa de Tobar y árbol genealógico de don Francisco Cañavera in 1662 and Noticia de la sucesión de doña María Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1664.[6]

He served in Italy for the military and upon his return to Spain dedicated himself to poetry and history.[5]

On 20 November 1640, Trillo y Figueroa married Leonor de Trillo y Figueroa, a distant relative. They had three sons named Juan Francisco, José, and Diego, on 2 February 1643, 16 September 1645, and 29 February 1648, respectively. He was the godfather of his grandson Diego's baptism in 1678.[2]

He was close friends with Pedro Soto de Rojas [es][2][9] and annotated his work, Paraíso cerrado para muchos, jardines abiertos para pocos.[2]

A death certificate states a "Francisco de Trillos y Figueroa" was buried in parish Santiago, Granada on 25 October 1680,[2] coinciding with the death year in sources.[1][5]

Works

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Sources:[2][10]

Published

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  • Epitalamio en las felicísimas bodas de los señores don Francisco Ruto de Vergara y Álava, del consejo de sn majestad, y doña Guiomar Venegas, hija de los condes de Luque, 1649
  • Epitalamio al himeneo de don Juan Ruiz de Vergara y Dávila, señor de Villoría, y doña Luisa de Córdoba y Ayala, hija de los señores marquese de Valenzuela, 1650
  • Panegírico natalicio al excelentísimo señor marqués de Montalvan y Villalba, primogénito del excelentísimo señor marqués de Priego, duque de Feria, etc, 1650
  • Notas al panegírico de el señor marqués de Montalvan, respondiendo á un curioso en otras facultades, que pidió se le declarase la idea y argumento de este poema, 1651
  • Neapolisea, poema heroico y panegírico al gran capitán Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, dirigida al excelentísimo señor don Luis Fernandez de Córdoba y Figueroa, marqués de Priego, 1651
  • Poesías varias heroicas y satíricas y amorosas, 1652
  • Panegyrico sacro en la fiesta que celebró la ciudad de Granada, día del Corpus, 1661

Unpublished

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  • Historia política del Rey Católico, 1652
  • Epítome de la historia del rey Enrique IV de Francia, 1652
  • Historia y antigüedades del reino de Galicia y su nobleza, 1652
  • Antigüedades de la ciudad de Granada, 1652
  • Notas y adversarios á los autores de la historia antigua de España, 1652
  • Discursos políticos y militares, 1652
  • Cartas, 1652
  • Discursos cronológicos, 1652
  • Blasones y armas de la nobleza de España, 1652

References

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  1. ^ a b Pozo (1989), p. 268
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cárdenas
  3. ^ de Lope (1991), p. 1143
  4. ^ Coke (1980), p. 428
  5. ^ a b c d Castro (1854), p. 59
  6. ^ a b Castro (1854), p. 64
  7. ^ "Briefer Mention". Hispanic Review. 19 (4): 370. 1951. ISSN 0018-2176.
  8. ^ Durán (2021), p. 157
  9. ^ Castro (1854), p. 93
  10. ^ Castro (1854), pp. 59–60

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