Íñigo López de Mendoza y Luna, 2nd Duke of the Infantado
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Íñigo López de Mendoza y Luna (Guadalajara, 1438 – 14 July 1500) was a Spanish noble, and second Duke of the Infantado
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He was the son of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado and Brianda de Luna y Mendoza.
Íñigo López de Mendoza participated in the Siege of Granada.
He finished the construction on the New Castle of Manzanares el Real
and had Juan Guas
construct the Palacio del Infantado in Guadalajara.
He married María de Luna y Pimentel, only surviving child and heiress of Álvaro de Luna
, who had been his grandfather's greatest adversary. Through this marriage, he greatly expanded the wealth and possessions of the Mendoza family.
They had three children :
Duke of the Infantado
The title Duke of the Infantado was granted to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, on 22 July 1475.The Dukes of the Infantado remained an important family...
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He was the son of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado and Brianda de Luna y Mendoza.
Íñigo López de Mendoza participated in the Siege of Granada.
He finished the construction on the New Castle of Manzanares el Real
New Castle of Manzanares el Real
The New Castle of Manzanares el Real, also known as Castle of los Mendoza, is a palace-fortress erected in the 15th century in the town of Manzanares el Real , next to the reservoir of Santillana at the foot of Sierra de Guadarrama.Its construction began in 1475 on a Romanesque-Mudéjar hermitage...
and had Juan Guas
Juan Guas
Juan Guas was a French artist and architect. He worked in a group of architects to create the Isabelline Gothic style. Born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, he moved to Spain when he was young, and is often thought to have been Spanish...
construct the Palacio del Infantado in Guadalajara.
He married María de Luna y Pimentel, only surviving child and heiress of Álvaro de Luna
Álvaro de Luna
Álvaro de Luna y Jarana , Duke of Trujillo, 1st Count of San Esteban de Gormaz, was a Spanish politician...
, who had been his grandfather's greatest adversary. Through this marriage, he greatly expanded the wealth and possessions of the Mendoza family.
They had three children :
- Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Duke of the Infantado (1461-1531)
- Álvaro de Mendoza, 1st Lord of Torre de Esteban Hambrán
- Francisca de Mendoza, married Luis de la Cerda, Lord of Miedes and Mandayona