Pedro Madruga

Pedro Álvarez de Soutomaior, popularly known as Pedro Madruga, was the Count of Caminha and an example of the typical European feudal knight. He gained his nickname, "Madruga" because he was an "early riser". He was a major political player in the Kingdom of Galicia, as well as spending time in the courts of Castile and Portugal. He was one of the leading figures who suppressed the Irmandiño peasant revolt in Galicia in the 1460s, and he was also involved in the War of the Castilian Succession after the death of Henry IV in 1474.