Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (poet and diplomat)

An anonymous 16th-century painting of Mendoza (Museo del Prado).

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo wɾˈtaðo ðe menˈdoθa]; 1503/4 – 14 August 1575), Spanish novelist, poet, diplomat and historian, born in Granada in late 1503 or early 1504.