Eduardo Villanueva

Captain Eduardo Villanueva was a Pirate Lord of the Brethren Court during the time of Lord Cutler Beckett's attempts to eradicate piracy in the Caribbean. A Spaniard, Villanueva was the lord of the Adriatic Sea, though had traveled to ports across the Seven Seas, such as in the Philippines and South America.

Biography
The taciturn Captain Villanueva was known to have a heated rivalry with Capitaine Chevalle, and crossed swords with the Barbary Corsairs led by Ammand, who operated in the same seas. He was wanted dead or alive by the East India Trading Company for crimes including pilfering gold, instigating and participating in a bar fight, and piracy on the Spanish seas. The bounty was worth 2,000 guineas.

Villanueva evaded capture by the EITC, and agreed to join the Brethren Court at Shipwreck Cove, after Jack Sparrow defeated him in a duel in Tortuga. By this point, he considered himself unofficially retired, though still represented his pirates at Shipwreck Cove. During the fourth meeting of the Brethren Court, Villanueva agreed with Captain Barbossa's proposal of releasing Calypso, but only after Tai Huang, the former first mate of Sao Feng, stated that Sao Feng would have agreed with Barbossa if he was alive. He threatened Capitaine Chevalle, who was against the release of Calypso, with a pistol, and was punched in the face by the Frenchman, instigating a brawl among the pirates. Villanueva ultimately abided by the decision of Pirate King Elizabeth Swann to go to war against Lord Beckett. Ships from Villanueva's Spanish treasure fleet assembled off Shipwreck Island, where he and his crew witnessed the battle of Calypso's maelstrom.

Behind the scenes

 * In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game), his full name is revealed to be "Eduardo Villanueva".
 * The flag hoisted by Villanueva's crew was the same style as that infamously used by Blackbeard.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End