Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca

Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba (

, and of Doña Catalina Fernández de Córdoba.

Biography

He married Doña Inés Francisca de Zúñiga y Fonseca, 6th

. Juan Domingo also used the family names and titles of his wife for himself.

In 1667 Méndez de Haro went to the

John of Austria the Younger

.

In 1671, when war threatened between France and the Netherlands, Spain allied itself to the Netherlands and Méndez de Haro became Spanish supreme commander in the North. He organised defences, fortifying the Spanish fortresses along the French border. This could not prevent Spain and its defences from playing a minor part in the following Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678).

He was recalled to Spain on 8 February 1675. On 25 May 1677 he was named

, where he was also confronted with a French invasion. In 1678 he returned to Madrid where he became President of Flanders. He was admitted to the State Council in 1693. In 1705 under the French king Philip V of Spain he left the State Council together with the Marquis of Mancera.

In 1710 his wife died without issue and Méndez de Haro decided to dedicate the rest of his life to God and became a

.

Government offices
Preceded by Iñigo Fernandez de Velasco	Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands 1670–1675	Succeeded by Carlos de Gurrea, Duke of Villahermosa

Sources

• Biography (in Spanish)

External links

• Media related to Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca at Wikimedia Commons