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Dom Rui Gomes da Silva (in Spanish, Ruy Gómez de Silva), 1st Prince of Eboli (27 October 1516 in Chamusca – 29 July 1573 in Madrid), was a Portuguese noble and one of King Philip II of Spain's main advisers.
ÉBOLI, RUY GÓMEZ DE SILVA, PRINCE OF (c. 1516 – 1573), Iberian courtier and statesman. Ruy G ó mez, the second son of middling Portuguese nobility, came to Castile in 1526 in the entourage of the princess Isabella, bride of Holy Roman emperor Charles V (ruled 1519 – 1556).
Ruy Gómez de Silva, or the prince of Eboli, was one of the central figures at the court of Spain in the sixteenth century. Thanks to his oily affability, social...
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Nov 7, 2014 · Elegantly written and highly readable, this book discovers in the career of Gmez the techniques, aspirations, and mentality of an accomplished courtier in the age of Castiglione. Ruy Gmez de Silva, or the prince of Eboli, was one of the central figures at the court of Spain in the sixteenth century.
Overview. prince of Eboli, Ruy Gomez de Silva. (1516—1573) Quick Reference. (1516–73), Spanish statesman, born into a noble Portuguese family; he entered the Spanish court as a royal page. He became a close friend of the future King Philip II, on ... From: Eboli, Ruy Gomez de Silva, prince of in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance »
Feb 16, 1995 · Ruy Gomez de Silva, or the prince of Eboli, was one of the central figures at the court of Spain in the 16th century. Thanks to his oily affability, social grace and an uncanny knack for anticipating and catering to the desires of his prince, he rose from obscurity to become the favourite and chief minister of Philip II.
Ruy Gómez de Silva was a major figure of the greatest court in Europe in the second half of the sixteenth century. Still, he remains a shadowy figure to historians, due both to the sketchiness of the extant sources and to the nature of his role in the monarchy of Philip II.
