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==Biography==
Francisco Ramírez de Madrid was the son of Juan Ramírez de Oreña and Catalina de Ramírez de Cobreces, both from [[San Vicente de la Barquera]] in Cantabria,
who had settled in [[Madrid]]. He obtained a position as a clerk in the court of [[Henry IV of Castile]] in [[Segovia]], and then became mayor of [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]].
The Catholic Monarchs confirmed him in this position.
Ramírez de Madrid was appointed Captain General of Artillery in the Zamora campaign, and was rewarded by the Crown many times for his successful campaigns.
He played a key role in the [[Siege of Málaga (1487)|campaign of Málaga]], using the explosion of a mine to capture a critical tower in the defenses of [[Málaga]].{{sfn|Irving|2002|p=330}}
Ferdinand appointed him royal secretary and knighted him.
He was awarded the estate of
After the conquest of Granada, he returned to Madrid, where he accumulated many properties. All the land between the [[Paseo del Prado]] and Paseo de las Delicias, and the two banks of the stream of [[Atocha (Madrid)|Atocha]] were his.{{
His second wife, whom he married in December 1491, was [[Beatriz Galindo]] the writer, humanist and preceptor of Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]].<ref name="WilsonWilson1991">{{cite book|author1=Katharina M. Wilson|author2=M. Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wf1SVbGFg8C&pg=PA440|year=1991|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-8547-6|pages=440}}</ref>
They had two children, Fernán and Nuflo.
He lived in what is now the Palacio de Viana in Madrid. He died in 1501 while combating a [[Mudéjar]] insurrection in the Sierra of [[Ronda]].{{sfn|Fernández|Soto|Celada|2004|p=178}}
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==References==
'''Citations'''
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'''Sources'''
{{refbegin}}
|title=Isabel la Católica en la Real Academia de la Historia: exposición|url=
▲ |last1=Fernández|first1=Luis Suárez|last2=Soto|first2=Carmen Manso|last3=Celada|first3=Abraham Rubio
▲ |title=Isabel la Católica en la Real Academia de la Historia: exposición|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AN3PWOdZ5SEC&pg=PA178|accessdate=2013-02-22
|year=2004|publisher=Real Academia de la Historia|isbn=978-84-95983-54-1}}
▲ |last=Irving|first=Washington|title=Conquest of Granada: From the Manuscript of Fray Antonio Agapida
▲ |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TOZyKil5-J8C&pg=PA330|accessdate=2013-02-22
|date=2002-02-01|publisher=Simon Publications LLC|isbn=978-1-931541-80-0|page=330}}
{{refend}}
'''Further reading'''
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*{{cite book|last=Porras Arboledas|first=Pedro Andrés |title=Francisco Ramírez de Madrid, 144?-1501: primer madrileño al servicio de los Reyes Católicos|url=
{{refend}}
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