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Quick Search: S9.com Biographies Lope Félix de Vega Carpio (Vega Lope De) Born: 1562 AD
Died: 1635 AD, at 72 years of age.
Nationality: Spanish
Categories: Playwrights Poets 1562 - Born on the 25th of November in Madrid.
1588 - In February, he was banished for circulating criminal libels against his mistress, Elena Osorio, whom he has celebrated under the name of Filis.
- He married her by proxy on the 10th of May, and joined the Invincible Armada, losing his brother in one of the encounters in the Channel.
1595 - He joined the household of the duke of Alva, with whom he remained.
1596 - He lost his wife; he was prosecuted for criminal conversation, became secretary to the marquis de Malpica
1598 - Married a second wife, Juana de Guardo, by whom he had two children.
1613 - She died, shortly after giving birth to the latter. 1614 - He was in the very zenith pf his glory. 1627 - Lope's fame, too, had travelled abroad: foreigners of distinction passing through Madrid made a point of visiting him; papal legates brought him the compliments of their master, Pope Urban VIII, a Barberini, sent him the diploma of doctor of theology in the Collegium Sapientiae and the cross of the order of St. John of Jerusalem Page last updated: 4:37pm, 13 | |
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