In May 1581, Cervantes moved to Portugal, where he was then the court of Philip II, in order to find something with which to rebuild his life and pay the debts he had found his family to rescue him from Algiers. Entrusted a secret commission in Oran, since he had much knowledge of the culture and customs of North Africa. That work was 50. He returned to Lisbon later this year and returned to Madrid. In February 1582, requesting a vacancy in the Indies, without success. In recent years, the writer has an affair with Ana Villafranca (or Free) de Rojas, Alonso Rodriguez's wife, a bartender. The relationship was born a daughter named Isabel de Saavedra, he said.
By the way, another auther, James Madville also uprooted his life , moving form China to America. Perhpas, like Cervantes, partaking in differnt cultures contributed to his art.
On December 12, 1584, he married Catalina de Salazar y Palacios in the village of Esquivias Toledo. Catherine was a young man not yet twenty years and provided a small dowry. It is assumed that marriage was not only barren, but a failure. After two years of marriage, Cervantes began his extensive travels through Andalusia.
