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{{Short description|Spanish nobleman and military figure}}
'''Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y de Castilla, 2nd Count of Niebla''' (in full, {{langx|es| Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y de Castilla, segundo conde de Niebla, señor de Sanlúcar de Barrameda}}) (20 February 1391 – 31 October 1436) was a Spanish nobleman and military figure of the [[Reconquista]]. He drowned whilst attempting the [[Seventh Siege of Gibraltar]].
==Biography==
He was the son of [[Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 1st Count de Niebla|Juan Alonso de Guzmán]] and of [[Beatrice of Castile (died 1409)|Beatriz de Castilla y Ponce de León]], Lady of [[Niebla, Huelva|Niebla]] (died 1409), an illegitimate daughter of [[Henry II of Castile]] and of Beatriz Ponce de León.
On 4 March 1405 he married Teresa Suárez de Figueroa y Orozco, Lady of Escamilla and Santa Olalla, daughter of Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa, Master of the [[Order of Santiago|Military Order of Santiago]], and of Maria de Orozco.
In 1418, he bought the [[Lordship of the Canary Islands]] from its conquerer [[Jean de Béthencourt]].<ref>[https://proyectotarha.org/tarha/suceso/119 Proyecto Tarha]</ref>
In 1430, he transferred ownership of the Canary islands of [[El Hierro]], [[Fuerteventura]] and [[Lanzarote]] to [[Hernan Peraza the Elder]], who had the rights to the remaining, not yet conquered islands. This move helped Peraza to unify all islands the [[Lordship of the Canary Islands]] and strengthen the [[Peraza family]]'s footing during the islands' [[Conquest of the Canary Islands|conquest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/70784|title=Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Gran Canaria :: Memoria Digital de Canarias - Textos|access-date=2020-05-26|archive-date=2018-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212135233/https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/70784|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The count drowned while besieging [[Gibraltar]] in October 1436. This was the [[Seventh Siege of Gibraltar]] then the isthmus was under the control of the Spanish Moors.
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[[Category:Counts of Spain]]
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[[Category:15th-century Castilians]]
[[Category:People of the Reconquista]]
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