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Rodrigo Ronquillo y Briceño (1471 - 9 December 1552) was a Spanish military and noble known for his intervention at the Revolt of the Comuneros, fighting with the royalists. During the revolt in 1520, Rodrigo Ronquillo, chief of royal troops in the area, set his headquarters in Santa María la Real de Nieva, and lost a battle near the town.

He was born in 1471 and died in Madrid on 9 December 1552.

References

1. "Ronquillo, Rodrigo". Diccionario Enciclopédico Espasa. Vol. 11. Espasa Calpe. 1998. p. 1553. ISBN 8423986586.
2. Arnanz Ruiz, Carlos (1972). Revancha, Mateo (ed.). Santa María la Real de Nieva (in Spanish). Segovia: Ayuntamiento de Sta. Mª la Real de Nieva. p. 131.
3. de Montalvo, Juan José (1983) . De la historia de Arévalo y sus sexmos (PDF). Reprod. facs. de la ed. de: Valladolid : Imprenta Castellana, 1928. Ávila: Institución Gran Duque de Alba. p. 295. ISBN 8400054067.
4. Ruiz-Ayúcar, Eduardo (1997) . El alcalde Ronquillo : su época, su falsa leyenda negra (2nd ed.). Ávila: Institución Gran Duque de Alba, D.L. p. 204. ISBN 84-89518-25-4.

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