Key Points

• Spanish poet and soldier

• Intervened in the high politics Spain of his times

• His "Coplas" are very popular even today

• His work contains common themes of the Middle Age with an elegant and refined verse

• His motto was "Never to lie neither to regret anything"

• Died in battle defending the right of Isabel I of Castille to the throne

Relevant Works

• Coplas por la muerte de su padre

• Canciones