Diego Ortiz de Zúñiga

Diego Ortiz de Zúñiga (c. 1636 - 3 September 1680) was a Spanish historian, writer and nobleman. He wrote ''Annales eclesiásticos y seculares de la ciudad de Sevilla'' a work about the events in Seville from 1246 to 1671.

Diego Ortiz de Zúñiga, born in Seville in 1636 and died in Seville on 3 September 1680, was a Spanish noble, historian of renown and Knight of the Order of Santiago, Venticuatro of Seville for some years, author of ''The Secular and Ecclesiastical Annals of the very Noble and very Loyal City of Seville, Metropolis of Andalucia'', a work in which he recounts the occurrences of the city from 1246 until 1671. Additionally he is the author of ''The Genealogical Discourse of the Ortizes of Seville and of the work Posterity of Juan de Céspedes, Trece and Commander of the Order of Santiago Monastery''. Provided by Wikipedia