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[/td][td][/td] [td]==Rise to power==[/td]
[td]==Rise to power==[/td] [td][[File:Jimenez de Cisneiros Toledo.jpg|thumb|Cardinal Cisneros by [[Juan de Borgoña]], c. 1514. [[Cathedral of Toledo]]]][/td]
[td][[File:Jimenez de Cisneiros Toledo.jpg|thumb|Cardinal Cisneros by [[Juan de Borgoña]], c. 1514. Chapter House of the [[Toledo Cathedral|Cathedral of Toledo]]]][/td] [td][[File:Coat of Arms of Cardinal Cisneros.svg|thumb|right|Coat of arms of Cardinal Cisneros]][/td]
[td][[File:Coat of Arms of Cardinal Cisneros.svg|thumb|right|Coat of arms of Cardinal Cisneros]][/td] [td]He was born '''Gonzalo Jiménez de Cisneros''' in [[Torrelaguna]] in [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]] in 1436, the son of ''[[Hidalgo_(nobility)|hidalgos]]'' Alfonso Jiménez de Cisneros and wife María de la Torre, from the villa of Cisneros, [[Palencia]].<ref name=Miranda>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1507.htm |title=Miranda, Salvador. "Jiménez de Cisneros, O.F.M.Obs., Francisco (1436-1517)", The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |access-date=2016-03-04 |archive-date=2016-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821040622/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1507.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He studied in the [[Studium generale]] at [[Alcalá de Henares]] and also at [[Salamanca]], where in 1456 he obtained a bachelor's degree in law. In 1459 he traveled to Rome to work as a [[Advocates of Roman Congregations|consistorial advocate]], where he attracted the notice of [[Pope Pius II]]. He returned to Spain in 1465 carrying an "executive" letter from the [[Pope]] giving him possession of the first vacant [[benefice]]. That turned out to be [[Uceda]]. However, [[Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña]], the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|Archbishop of Toledo]] and [[Primacy of the Diocese of Toledo|Primate of Spain]], refused to accept the letter, wishing instead to bestow the benefice upon one of his own followers. When Cisneros insisted, he was thrown in prison, first at Uceda and afterwards in the fortress of [[Santorcaz]].<ref name=Alston>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15729b.htm Alston, George Cyprian. "Francisco Ximénez de Cisneros." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 3 March 2016</ref> For six years, Cisneros held out for his claim, free to leave at any time if he would give it up, but at length in 1480 Carrillo relented at Cisneros' strength of conviction and gave him a benefice. Fearing further reprisals, Cisneros traded it almost at once for a [[chaplain]]cy at [[Sigüenza]], under Cardinal [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara|bishop of Sigüenza]], who shortly after appointed him [[vicar general]] of his [[diocese]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=415}}[/td]
[td]He was born '''Gonzalo Jiménez de Cisneros''' in [[Torrelaguna]] in [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]] in 1436, the son of ''[[Hidalgo_(nobility)|hidalgos]]'' Alfonso Jiménez de Cisneros and wife María de la Torre, from the villa of Cisneros, [[Palencia]].<ref name=Miranda>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1507.htm |title=Miranda, Salvador. "Jiménez de Cisneros, O.F.M.Obs., Francisco (1436-1517)", The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |access-date=2016-03-04 |archive-date=2016-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821040622/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1507.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He studied in the [[Studium generale]] at [[Alcalá de Henares]] and also at [[Salamanca]], where in 1456 he obtained a bachelor's degree in law. In 1459 he traveled to Rome to work as a [[Advocates of Roman Congregations|consistorial advocate]], where he attracted the notice of [[Pope Pius II]]. He returned to Spain in 1465 carrying an "executive" letter from the [[Pope]] giving him possession of the first vacant [[benefice]]. That turned out to be [[Uceda]]. However, [[Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña]], the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|Archbishop of Toledo]] and [[Primacy of the Diocese of Toledo|Primate of Spain]], refused to accept the letter, wishing instead to bestow the benefice upon one of his own followers. When Cisneros insisted, he was thrown in prison, first at Uceda and afterwards in the fortress of [[Santorcaz]].<ref name=Alston>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15729b.htm Alston, George Cyprian. "Francisco Ximénez de Cisneros." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 3 March 2016</ref> For six years, Cisneros held out for his claim, free to leave at any time if he would give it up, but at length in 1480 Carrillo relented at Cisneros' strength of conviction and gave him a benefice. Fearing further reprisals, Cisneros traded it almost at once for a [[chaplain]]cy at [[Sigüenza]], under Cardinal [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara|bishop of Sigüenza]], who shortly after appointed him [[vicar general]] of his [[diocese]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=415}}[/td]
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