Pero Niño

Pero Niño (1378–1453) was a Castilian privateer at the service of Henry III the Sufferer active in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic during the first decade of the 15th century.

[1] After fighting in the 1394 Siege of Gijón [es],[2] he took part in the Castilian-Portuguese war between 1396 and 1399.

[4] Later in 1405–1406, he led an Atlantic campaign,[5] raiding English settlements close to Bordeaux,[6] Jersey,[7] and Poole Harbour.

[6] He took part in a military campaign against the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, fighting for the then regent of Castile Ferdinand, brother of Henry III, in Ronda and Setenil.

[9] El Victorial, a biographical chronicle on Pero Niño, was written by Gutierre Díaz de Games circa 1435–1448.