Juan Maria Lopez Julio Jesus Sanchez Radigus Radigus Radigus Radigus Radigus Carlos Radigus Ponce de Leon (Spanish for "John Punched the Lion") was born on the windswept steppes of Cartagena, Spain in 1502. He was the 17th son of Julio and Maria De Leon ( a name which is Spanish for de Leon). As the 17th son, it was Spanish tradition that he join the military. This tradition dates back to the early Roman period when no one could afford 17 kids and had to try and kill some of them off. Owing much to his guile, charisma, and ability to duck, De Leon survived the wars Spain fought against the remaining Moors in Southern Spain. Indeed he captured the Moorish region of Gibraltar. He led an expedition against a Moorish army that had invaded France, his dispatch to King Lear Jet became famous: