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| Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza @Wikipedia |
"Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza, commonly represented as the 'third king of Spain' during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, the eminence grise who shaped national policy for much of his active life, fathered three illegitimate children, all sons. Two of these were by his mistress Dona Mencia de Lemos, his relationship with whom was an open secret, and he established mayorazgos for both in 1489. In 1491 the eldest son Rodrigo de Mendoza became the first Marquis of Cenete and the first Count of Cid; in 1506 his younger brother Diego Hurtado de Mendoza became Count of Melito and in the early years of the reign of Carlos V was appointed Viceroy of Valencia and later Viceroy of Catalonia. Both brothers served the Catholic Monarchs loyally and well; both were accorded royal legitimization in 1476 and papal legitimization in 1482; both became rich and influential establishment figures in Spain. The youngest son, by Dona Inés de Tovar (daughter if Juan de Tovar, Lord of Cevico de la Torre, and his wife Maria de Toledo) was the poet Juan de Mendoza, who like his brothers was legitimized in 1482, but received no mayorazgo or title, who was destined by his father for the Church, but opted for the life of a soldier, and who, as I shall show, was far from being an establishment figure at any pount in his military career. Lopez de Haro tersely records that 'ay descendientes en Francia, y en estos reynos' (1622: 1, 242), and Gutierrez Coronel, after describing three marriages, notes that 'la descendencia de varón de este tercer hijo de nuestro cardenal quedó establecida in en Francis con mucho lustre, autoridad y poder' (Gonzalez Palencia 1946 11, 379). Neither has anything further to say about Juan de Mendoza." (Lover, Religion, and Politics in the Fifteenth Century Spain: 100)
His lovers were:
1) Ines de Tovar.Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen.
Natural offspring:
a. Juan Hurtado de Mendoza
"Juan de Mendoza (c1468-1523) was the third and youngest son of Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza (1428-1495), Cardinal of Spain, and thus the grandson of the poet Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, 1 Marquis of Santillana. His mother was a lady of Valladolid named Ines de Tovar, daughter of Juan de Tovar, Lord of Cevico de la Torre, near Palencia, and his wife Maria de Toledo, daughter of Fernan Alvarez de Toledo, Lord of Valdecorneja. Like his older brothers Rodrigo de Mendoza an Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, he was legitimised in 1482, but he was offered no title to a landed estate because it was his father's intention that he should pursue an ecclesiastical career. However, after receiving a sound humanist and theological education, he rejected this ide, much to his father's disappointment and chose instead to be a knight and a courtier." (Secrets of Pinar's Game: 713)
" . . . The youngest son, by Dona Ines de Tovar (daughter of Juan de Tovar, Lord of Cevico de la Torre, and his wife Maria de Toledo) was the poet Juan de Mendoza, who like his brothers was legitimized in 1482, but received no mayorazgo or title, who was destined by his father for the Church, but opted for the life of a soldier, and who...was far from being an establishment figure at any point in his military career. . . ." (Lover, Religion, and Politics in the Fifteenth Century Spain: 100)
2) Mencia de Lemos.
Maid of Honour of Queen Juana.
Natural offspring:
a. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Mendoza, Conde de Cid, Marques de Cenete
b. Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Conde de Melito
"Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza, commonly represented as the 'third king of Spain' during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, the eminence grise who shaped national policy for much of his active life, fathered three illegitimate children, all sons. Two of these were by his mistress Dona Mencia de Lemos, his relationship with whom was an open secret, and he established mayorazgos for both in 1489. In 1491 the eldest son Rodrigo de Mendoza became the first Marquis of Cenete and the first Count of Cid; in 1506 his younger brother Diego Hurtado de Mendoza became Count of Melito and in the early years of the reign of Carlos V was appointed viceroy of Valencia and later Viceroy of Catalonia. Both brothers served the Catholic Monarchs loyally and well; both were accorded royal legitimization in 1476 and papal legitimization in 1482; both became rich and influential establishment figures in Spain. . . ." (Lover, Religion, and Politics in the Fifteenth Century Spain: 100)
" . . . He had illegitimate sons by Mencia de Lemos, one of the wild maids of honor of the libertine Queen Juana, conceived while he was Bishop of Seguenza... Mendoza arranged the legitimation of these children, and the eldest, Rodrigo, became Count of Cid and Marquis of Cenete."(Rivers of Gold: 23)
Personal & Family Background
He was the son of Inigo Lopez Hurtado de Mendoza, Marques de Santillana (d.1458), "...a poet and humane aristocract, a man cultivated enough to rival any prince in Italy... The Mendoza family was the most powerful in Castile, with members of it in influential positions everywhere. the brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces of the Cardinal wre the masters of church and state." (Rivers of Gold: 22)
Achievements & Honours
Parish Priest of Hita; Archdeacon of Hita; Bishop of Calahorra; Cardinal of Spain; Queen Isabel's right-hand man (1474); Archbishop of Toledo; Primate of All Spain.
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