Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva

[1] In Italy, another clergyman member of this family was cardinal Innico d'Avalos d'Aragona.

He studied under his uncle, Hernando de Talavera, Archbishop of Granada.

[1] On 4 August 1509 he became a fellow of the Colegio de Santa Cruz at the University of Valladolid, later becoming a professor there.

[1] Pope Paul III made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 19 December 1544.

[1] King Charles I nominated him to be Archbishop of Toledo but he died before he was preconized by the pope.