Castillo, Diego Enriques del

This person has a Spanish last name; here Enriques is the name of the father, del Castillo is the name of the mother.

Diego Enriquez del Castillo ( Spanish: Diego Enríquez del Castillo ) - chaplain Enrique IV of Castile , chronicler and poet .

In his chronicle, the events of the reign of Enrique IV ( 1454 - 1474 ) are described in a simple and almost dry language. The chronicler everywhere stands behind Enrique IV, although he does not impose particularly gloomy colors on his opponents. This work is printed in the collection of Spanish chronicles published by the Royal Academy of History ( 1787 ), and then in the 10th volume of Madrid's “ Biblioteca de autores españioles ” and in the collection “ Cronistas de los Reges de Castilla ”. In addition, the allegorical poem "Vision of the future death of Alphonse V of Aragon " remained from del Castillo.