Jacob Curiel of Coimbra

Jacob Curiel of Coimbra (1514-1576),[1] also known as Jacob Curiel or Duarte Nunes of Coimbra, was a prosperous Portuguese cloth merchant and navy commander.[2]

Captain

Jacob Curiel of Coimbra
Born1514
Coimbra, Portugal
Died1577
Coimbra, Portugal
Allegiance Spain
RankCaptain
ChildrenAbraham Curiel, physician
RelationsFernão Nunes (brother)

Life and career

Curiel was born into a family of crypto-Jews, the brother of Fernão Nunes, and grandson of Jeronimo de Saldanha y Bovadilha, who was a Portuguese nobleman. Curiel rose to become a captain in the Spanish Navy, commanding two fleets. Upon discovering that Curiel was Jewish, his sailors freed him because they had respected him.[3][4] He was the father of Abraham Curiel.[5][6] Historian Jonathan Israel described him as one of the most influential merchants of the sixteenth century.[7]

References
  1. "Family tree of Dr. Abraham Curiel". Geneanet. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  2. "Yaakov Curiel (Duarte Nunes Da Costa) (1514 - 1576)". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  3. "Pirates of the Carribbean [sic] ...Who Kept Shabbos!". Jew In The City. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  4. schoolchanger (2018-02-09). "Jewish Pirates". foodhistoryreligion. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  5. Costa, Isaäc da; Brewster, Bertram; Roth, Cecil (1936). Noble Families Among the Sephardic Jews. Oxford University Press, H. Milford.
  6. Israel, Jonathan (1990-01-01). Empires and Entrepots: Dutch, the Spanish Monarchy and the Jews, 1585-1713. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-85285-022-7.
  7. Israel, Jonathan (1990-01-01). Empires and Entrepots: Dutch, the Spanish Monarchy and the Jews, 1585-1713. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-85285-022-7.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.