Ana de Mendoza y de Silva, Princess of Éboli

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The Princess of Eboli
Ruy Gómez de Silva (married 1553)
FatherDiego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda
MotherIsabel Hurtrado de Mendoza

Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda y de Silva Cifuentes, Princess of Eboli, Duchess of Pastrana (in full, Spanish: Doña Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda), (29 June 1540 – 2 February 1592) was a Spanish aristocrat,[1] suo jure 2nd Princess of Mélito, 2nd Duchess of Francavilla and 3rd Countess of Aliano.

Early years

She was the daughter of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda (d.1578), Duke of Francavilla and Prince of Melito, Viceroy of Aragon and Doña Maria Catalina de Silva y Andrade, Countess de Cifuentes (d.1576).

Marriage

Ana,

Isabel de Valois.[3]

Ana, Princess of Éboli, had ten children by her marriage:[4]

  • Diego (c.1558–1563)
  • Ana de Silva y Mendoza (1560–1610) married 1572 to
    Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
  • Rodrigo de Silva y Mendoza (1562–1596), 2nd duke of Pastrana
  • Pedro de Silva y Mendoza (c. 1563)
  • Diego de Silva y Mendoza (1564–1630), 1st marquis of Alenquer
  • Ruy de Silva y Mendoza (1565–), 1st marquis of La Eliseda
  • Fernando de Silva y Mendoza, later Pedro González de Mendoza (1570–1639)
  • Maria de Mendoza y Maria de Silva (c. 1570)
  • Juan de Silva y Mendoza

Later intrigue

After her husband's death in 1573, she spent three years in a convent, but returned to public life in 1576, forming an alliance at Court with the King's undersecretary of state, Antonio Pérez (1540–1615).[5] They were accused of betraying state secrets which led to her arrest in 1579. Ana died 13 years later in prison on 2 February 1592.[citation needed]

Appearances in fiction

There is a character called Princess Eboli based on Ana in

La Conjura de El Escorial (2008) and Belén Rueda in the TV film La princesa de Éboli (2010). In 2018, the episode "The Princess Problem" of the children's television series Arthur
had Lydia introduce D.W. to her as an example of a disabled princess, saying she was blinded in a childhood sword fight.

References

  1. ISBN 0-415-14727-1
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  2. ISBN 978-0-300-07800-8
    . pp. 85, 166.
  3. ^ Kamen, Philip of Spain: pp. 166, 342.
  4. ^ Kamen, Philip of Spain: pp. 166.
  5. ISBN 0-14-100703-6
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  6. ISBN 0-19-283985-3
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  7. ^ Kate O'Brien (1949). That Lady: A Romantic Drama. Harper.
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