Beltrán de la Cueva

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Don Beltrán (Fernández) de la Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado (* around 1435 in Úbeda ; † November 1, 1492 ) was a Spanish nobleman from the house of La Cueva and 1st Duke of Alburquerque . He was allegedly the lover of Joan of Portugal , wife of King Henry IV of Castile and León .

Life

King Henry IV traveled to Úbeda in his second year of reign, where he stayed with Beltrán's father, Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Vice Count (vizconde) of Huelma. When he traveled on, he took Diego's second son, Beltrán, with him so that he would live at the royal court in future (Heinrich had asked about Diego's eldest son, but Diego wanted to keep him with him, whereupon he offered him his second son).

Beltrán became the king's favorite, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago (1462-1463) and chief chamberlain, but is better known as the lover of Queen Joan. The rumors that Beltrán and not the king was the father of Joan's child, Joanna of Castile (born February 28, 1462, called La Beltraneja ), arose, and Heinrich was unable to prove otherwise, especially since he was considered impotent was viewed (and also had the appropriate nickname).

In 1462 Henry IV appointed him 1st Count (conde) of Ledesma , but in 1463 he was removed from the court. On November 20, 1464 in Segovia he received the title of Duke of Alburquerque and Grandees of Spain as compensation . Beltrán had the Castillo de Mombeltrán built for himself from 1461 , and three years later the king also enfeoffed him with the city and castle of Cuéllar . He also became master of the cities of Anguix , Roa , La Codosera , Molina de Aragón , Atienza and Peñalcázar, which are scattered all over Castile and Aragón .

Shortly before his death, Henry IV appointed his former favorite Beltrán on August 20, 1474 Count of Huelma (Andalusia), which Isabella I and Ferdinand II confirmed on April 20, 1475.

Beltrán de la Cueva died in 1492 and was buried in the Convento de San Francisco in Cuéllar .

Effects

Joan of Castile was viewed by some nobles as illegitimate and therefore not entitled to inheritance. The disputes first led to the annulment of Heinrich's marriage (which made Johanna's illegitimacy final) and after Heinrich's death (1474) to the four-year War of the Castilian Succession . Johanna of Castile had tried this against Heinrich's half-sister and successor Isabella I. Johanna lost this war in which Beltrán had fought on the side of Isabella and thus against his presumed daughter.

family

Beltrán married Mencía de Mendoza y Luna, daughter of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 2nd Marqués de Santillana, 1st Duque del Infantado , and Brianda de Luna y Mendoza, and niece of Cardinal Mendoza in 1462 (after the birth of Johannas) ; from this marriage he had six children:

  • Francisco, 2nd Duque de Albuquerque, * 1467, † 1526; ⚭ Francisca de Toledo, daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo , 2nd Conde y 1st Duque de Alba de Tormes ( House Álvarez de Toledo )
  • Antonio de la Cueva y Mendoza; ⚭ Elvira de Ayala
  • Iñigo de la Cueva y Mendoza, † 1547; ⚭ Ana de la Cuevy y Mendoza
  • Brianda de la Cueva y Luna; ⚭ around 1488 Fernando Gómez Dávila III., Señor de Navamorcuende,
  • Mayor de la Cueva; ⚭ 1498 Pedro de Navarra y Lacarra, 7th Mariscal de Navarra, 5th Vizconde de Muruzábal ( House of France-Évreux )
  • Mencia de la Cueva y Mendoza

In his second marriage in 1476 he married Mencía Enríquez, daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Conde y 1st Duque de Alba de Tormes, and María Enríquez. From this marriage he had a son, García de la Cueva y Toledo, † young.

His third marriage was in 1482 with María de Velasco, 1st Duquesa de la Villa de Roa, daughter of Pedro III. Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Conde de Haro, 6th Condestable de Castilla, and Mencía de Mendoza, a sister of the 1st Duke of El Infantado. From this marriage he had:

  • Cristóbal de la Cueva y Velasco, Señor de Roa, † 1542; ⚭ Leonor de Velasco, 3rd Condesa de Siruela
  • Pedro de la Cueva y Velasco, Senor de la Villa de Torre Galindo y de la Herdad de Portillejo,

In addition, he had an illegitimate son:

  • Juan de la Cueva

literature

  • Instituto de Salazar y Castro, Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles
  • Sousa, Dom António Caetano de, História Genealógica da Casa Real Portuguesa . Atlântida-Livraria Editora, Lda, 2ª Edição, Coimbra, 1946. Tomo VI - p. 323
  • Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906-1998), Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias . MCMXCV, pp. 329-30
  • Gaio, Manuel José da Costa Felgueiras, Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal , Tomo Setimo, Beltroens

Web links

Commons : Beltrán de la Cueva  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to the inscription on his grave
personal data
SURNAME Cueva, Beltrán de la
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, Beltrán Fernández de la
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1435
PLACE OF BIRTH Úbeda
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1492