Sentence examples for Bobadilla from high-quality English sources.

• In response, Ferdinand and Isabella dispatched a knight named Francisco de Bobadilla.

• Bobadilla was a noble who served the Spanish crown in the wars of reconquest against the Moors.

• They had little choice, says Jesús López Fernández de Bobadilla, a Spanish priest who serves breakfast to 1,600 migrants.

• Shortly thereafter, Columbus voluntarily gave himself up and was immediately placed in irons and sent back to Spain by Bobadilla.

• The first use of it there was in 1501, when Nicolás de Ovando reviewed the administration of his predecessor as governor, Francisco de Bobadilla.

• Failing to restore order in Santo Domingo, Bobadilla was ordered back to Spain by the monarchs, while Columbus was given back all the honours and titles taken from him after his arrest.

• As a knight of the military Order of Alcántara, Ovando assisted in reforming the order, and as a reward for his services he was chosen to replace Francisco de Bobadilla, the royal commissioner who had earlier arrested Christopher Columbus.

• Francisco de Bobadilla, (died June 1502, at sea near Hispaniola), Spanish soldier who arrested Christopher Columbus on Santo Domingo (the island of Hispaniola) after dissensions had arisen between Columbus and several of the Spanish adventurers who served under him.