 Ramón de Bonifaz

Ramón de Bonifaz (1196-1252 or 1256) was a medieval Spanish naval leader best known for breaking a river barricade leading to the capture of Seville from the Moors.Bonifaz made his fortune as a merchant in Burgos, a city on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, and may have descended from one of the many French or Italian families that settled along the sacred way.