![]() ![]() Between 15, he lived primarily in Seville. He suffered a bankruptcy and was imprisoned at least twice (15) for irregularities in his accounts. During the next 20 years Cervantes led a nomadic existence, working as a purchasing agent for the Spanish Armada and as a tax collector. Her uncle Alonso de Quesada y Salazar is said to have inspired the character of Don Quixote. In Esquivias (Province of Toledo), on 12 December 1584, he married the much younger Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (Toledo, Esquivias –, 31 October 1626), daughter of Fernando de Salazar y Vozmediano and Catalina de Palacios. He subsequently returned to his family in Madrid. He was then released on ransom from his captors by his parents and the Trinitarians, a Catholic religious order. By then, Cervantes had enlisted as a soldier in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment and continued his military life until 1575, when he was captured by Algerian corsairs. In 1569, Cervantes moved to Italy, where he served as a valet to Giulio Acquaviva, a wealthy priest who was elevated to cardinal the next year. Little is known of his mother Leonor de Cortinas, except that she was a native of Arganda del Rey. His father was Rodrigo de Cervantes, a surgeon of cordoban descent. It is assumed that Miguel de Cervantes was born in Alcalá de Henares. ![]() His novel Don Quixote is often considered his magnum opus, as well as the first modern novel. Miguel de Cervantes y Cortinas, later Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. ![]()
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