Iñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza (1512 – 21 April 1580 in Mondéjar)[1] was a Spanish noble, military, diplomat and politician in the service of King Philip II of Spain. He was the 4th Count of Tendilla (Spanish: Conde de Tendilla) and 3rd Marquis of Mondejar (Marqués de Mondéjar).
Life
From his father
Luis Hurtado de Mendoza y Pacheco, Íñigo López de Mendoza y Mendoza inherited the titles of count of Tendilla and marquis of Mondejar. He became also 3rd and last Captain General of Granada. His mother was Catalina de Mendoza, daughter of the Count of Monteagudo. Íñigo married María de Mendoza, daughter of the very influential Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado
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In 1555, he became commander of the Spanish land and sea in the relief of the
Viceroy of Naples in 1575.[4]
Family
He had 9 sons and two daughters, amongst whom
- Luis Hurtado de Mendoza y Mendoza (1543–1604), his successor.
- Francisco López de Mendoza y Mendoza, (1547-1623), Admiral of Aragon
- Juan Hurtado de Mendoza y Mendoza (1555–1624), married Ana de Mendoza y Enríquez de Cabrera, 6th Duchess of the Infantado
- Elvira (1565), married Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marquis of Villafranca.[5]
References
- ^ Fundación Medinaceli.
- ^ Lea, Henry Charles: The Moriscos of Spain (1901), pp.241-242.
- ^ Luis del Mármol Carvajal: Historia del rebelión y castigo de los moriscos del Reino de Granada.
- ^ Virreyes de Nápoles de José Raneo, anotado por Eustaquio Fernández Navarrete, págs. 239–245, incluido en la "Colección de documentos inéditos para la historia de España", vol. XXIII.
- ^ Nobleza española by Juan Miguel Soler Salcedo.
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