Alvaro Perez Osorio (1358-1406). Lord of Villalobos and Castroverde. Duke of Lancaster's expedition to Castile. The troops of John of Gaunt (1340-1399), duke of Lancaster, pretender to the crown of Castile, invaded the lands he considered his own. Siege of Benavente, 1383. Governor Alvaro Pérez Osorio made himself strong in Benavente, resisting the invader without surrendering. Alvaro Pérez Osorio at the siege of Benavente. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

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