Rodrigo de Cárdenas
1st Señor de Carbajo
(–1501)

Biographical

1st Señor de Carbajo
Commander of Valencia del Ventoso in the Order of Santiago
Grand Commander of León of the Order of Santiago
Commander of Los Santos de Maimona in the Order of Santiago c. 1477
Commander of Medina de las Torres in the Order of Santiago c. 1477
Member of the Council of Thirteen of the Order of Santiago 1480
Governor del Maestrazgo in León in the Order of Santiago c. 1477

Rodrigo took part in the Castilian Civil War, intervening in 1479 in the fighting around Mérida and the siege of Medellín. He founded the mayorazgo of Carbajo in 1494.

Place of burial: Church of Santa Marina, Llerena

Son of Rodrigo de Cárdenas and Teresa Chacon, he married Mayor de Mendoza, with issue:
• Francisco (see)
• Juan (see)