Juan de Mendoza y Velasco

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Juan de Mendoza y Velasco, Marqués de Hinojosa (* in Hinojosa de Campo ; † 1628 ), was Virey of Navarre from 1620 to 1623 and from 1623 to 1624 Ambassador of Philip IV of Spain to James I of England .

Life

His parents were Isabel de Velasco and Antonio Gómez Manrique de Mendoza y Sandoval, sixth lord of Castrojeriz , fourth lord of Villazopeque. His siblings from this marriage were Gómez Manrique, who as the firstborn inherited the title of his father, Álvaro, Juana, Isabel, Catalina and Inés, who became nuns. His father married three more times.

Under the leadership of Juan de Mendoza y Velasco, the Mayordomo Mayor became a key position at court in relation to financial management.

Juan de Mendoza y Velasco was a member of the Council of War, a member of the Capitanía General, was a Councilor of State and Chairman of the Consejo de Indias , Ambassador to the Court of St James’s .

From Philip III. of Spain received Juan de Mendoza y Velasco on February 11, 1612 the right to carry the title of Marqués de Hinojosa .

He was also Marqués de San Germán, Lord of San Leonardo, Commander of Villa de Aledo y Totana (Murcia), Capitán General de la Artillería de España.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.terra.es/personal3/hinojosadeduero/historia/marques.htm
  2. ^ Rogelio Pérez-Bustamante, El gobierno de los Estados de Italia bajo los Austrias: Nápoles, Sicilia, Cerdeña y Milán, (1517-1700). La participación de la Nobleza Castelana ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / revistas.ucm.es
predecessor Office successor
Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías Governor of Milan
1612–1616 		Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marquis of Villafranca
Felipe Ramírez de Arellano y Zúñiga, Conde de Aguilar Viceroy of Navarre
1620–1623 		Bernardino González de Avellaneda y Delgadillo, marqués de Castrillo
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña Spanish envoy to England
1623–1624 		El Conde de la Corzana
personal data
SURNAME Mendoza y Velasco, Juan de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marqués de Hinojosa, Marquis de San Germán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Hinojosa de Campo
DATE OF DEATH 1628