Surname: de Vega Caroui Forename(s): Lope Félix b. 1562. d. 1635. Nationality: Spanish. VIAF.
Dramatist and poet. Born in Madrid. Studied in Alcalá de Henares and Salamanca. Sailed
with the Spanish navy to the Azores in the service of the marquis of Santa Cruz (1583).
Exiled from Madrid because of his writing (1587-1591). Married twice, Isabel de Urbina
and Juana de Guardo. Ordained as a priest in 1614. Author of El Caballero de Olmedo (The Knight of Olmedo, written circa 1620-1625 and published in 1641). Biographical information: Oxford Reference. (DD, CC)