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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1514 Coimbra, Portugal |
| Died | 1577 Coimbra, Portugal |
| Allegiance |  Spain |
| Rank | Captain |
| Children | Abraham Curiel, physician |
| Relations | Fernão Nunes (brother) |
Life and career
editCuriel 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
edit- ^ "Family tree of Dr. Abraham Curiel". Geneanet. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "Yaakov Curiel (Duarte Nunes Da Costa) (1514 - 1576)". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "Pirates of the Carribbean [sic] ...Who Kept Shabbos!". Jew In The City. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ schoolchanger (2018-02-09). "Jewish Pirates". foodhistoryreligion. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ Costa, Isaäc da; Brewster, Bertram; Roth, Cecil (1936). Noble Families Among the Sephardic Jews. Oxford University Press, H. Milford.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.