Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca

Juan Domingo de Zúñiga y Fonseca , also Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro Fernández de Córdoba , Count of Monterrey (Conde de Monterrey), (born November 25, 1640 in Madrid ; † February 2, 1716 ibid) was governor of the Spanish Netherlands .

Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca, around 1669, by Frederik Bouttats

He was the son of the Prime Minister and confidante of Philip IV. Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzmán , 6th Marquis of Carpio, (1598–1661) and Catalina Fernández de Córdoba, daughter of the Duke of Segorbe.

He was married to Inés Francisca de Zúñiga y Fonseca since 1657, 6th Countess of Monterrey and Ayala and eldest daughter of Don Fernando de Ayala, 3rd Count of Ayala. After the marriage, he also used his wife's title and family name. They didn't have any children.

De Haro was at the royal court in Madrid as a child and then became an officer, captain of the cavalry and commander of a terzios of the infantry. In 1663 he became a Knight of the Order of Santiago and he became Commander of Castile (Comendador Mayor de Castilla). In 1667 he went to the Spanish Netherlands as General of the Cavalry and was governor of the Spanish Netherlands in 1670 until he was recalled to Spain in 1675. The attack by Louis XIV on the Netherlands ( Dutch War ), in which Spain sided with the Dutch, also fell during this period . In 1677/78 he was viceroy of Catalonia.

In 1693 he was appointed minister to the Council of State by Charles II and in 1700 was President of the Council of Flanders. After the death of Charles II he was a member of the State Council and the Cabinet until the arrival of the new King Philip V in 1702. In 1705 he resigned and was temporarily banned from the court, but returned to Madrid in 1707. After the death of his wife in 1710 he became a clergyman.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Íñigo Melchor Fernández de Velasco	Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands 1670–1675	Carlos de Guerrea