Santangel pronunciation

Santángel and luzia
Luis de Santángel was a third-generation converso in Spain during the late fifteenth century.
The royal treasurer, Luis de Santángel, urged the monarchs to accept Columbus's proposal to explore a western route to the East.

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Louis de Santangel

Louis de Santángel (ou Luis de Santángel ou de Santander, ou Louis de Saint-Ange ou Saintange) (né v. 1435 et mort à Valence en 1498), est un juif baptisé, soit nouveau chrétien (« converso ») et marrane (portant le même nom que ses père et grand-père) qui fut le trésorier d'Aragon et le ministre le plus proche des Rois catholiques.

Il soutient personnellement Christophe Colomb et c'est par son intermédiaire qu'Isabelle de Castille accepte de financer une partie du premier voyage de Colomb. Par la suite, il sert d'intermédiaire dans la correspondance officielle entre les Rois catholiques et le navigateur.

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Luis de Santángel est probablement le petit-fils de Azarias Chinillo de Calatayud^[1], Juif converti au christianisme à la suite de la disputation de Tortosa, en 1414^[2], en ayant alors changé son nom en Luis de Santángel^[1], patronyme fréquent ; son père porta également le même nom. Toutefois, les chercheurs hésitent sur sa deuxième ou troisième position après la conversion prob

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Santangel, Luis de

SANTANGEL, LUIS DE (d. 1498), comptroller-general (Escribano de Ración) to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Born in Valencia, he was a descendant of a noble Converso family, the Chinillos of Calatayud. One of its members, Azarias Chinillo, became converted to Christianity at the time of the disputation of *Tortosa and adopted the name Luis de Santangel. This Santangel, the protégé of the Catholic monarchs, was the grandson of the first Luis de Santangel, after whom he was named. He began his career as a courtier, and served as a tax collector of the Royal Treasury, until in 1481 he was appointed comptroller-general, a position which he held until his death. He was succeeded by his brother jaime and his son fernando. In 1486 he became acquainted with Christopher *Columbus and was greatly impressed by his projects. Santangel's influence with the Catholic monarchs was decisive in gaining their acceptance of Columbus' proposals. He lent 1,140,000 maravedis to finance the historic voyage which resulted in the discovery of the American continent. In recognition

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Document Number:	AJ-063
Author:	Columbus, Christopher
Title:	Letter from Columbus to Luis de Santangel
Source:	Olson, Julius E. and Edward G. Bourne (editors). The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503: The Voyages of the Northmen; The Voyages of Columbus and of John Cabot. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906). Pages 261-272.
Pages/Illustrations:	15 / 0
Citable URL:	www.americanjourneys.org/aj-063/

Author Note

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was born in Genoa, Italy, and grew up among merchants who traded throughout the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coasts of Africa and Europe. Working as a young man for Genoese importers in Lisbon, Columbus traveled as far afield as Iceland in the north, Ghana in the south, and the Azores in the west. Believing that there might be an easier and more profitable route to Japan, China, and the East Indies by sailing west, he and his brother Bartholomew attempted to secure government backing for an expedition from the monarchs of Spain, Portugal, France, and England. In 1492, Columbus received the monet