Miguel Cervantes

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• Born: Miguel de Cervantes 29 September 1547 (assumed) Alcalá de Henares, Crown of Castile
• Died: 22 April 1616 (1616-04-22) (aged 68) Madrid, Crown of Castile
• Resting place: Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians, Madrid
• Occupation: Soldier; tax collector, purchasing agent for Navy (writing was an avocation which did not produce much income)
• Language: Spanish
• Nationality: Spanish
• Notable works: Don Quixote Entremeses Novelas ejemplares
• Spouse: Catalina de Salazar y Palacios
• Children: Isabel c. 1584 (illegitimate)