Pedro González de Mendoza
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Pedro González de Mendoza was a Spanish cardinal, soldier, statesman and lawyer. He served on the council of King Henry IV of Castile and in 1467 fought for him at the Second Battle of Olmedo. In 1468
Portrait of Cardinal Mendoza by Juan Rodríguez de Segovia (c. 1484).
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquess of Santillana was a Castilian politician and poet who held an important position in society and literature during the reign of John II of Castile.
Pedro González de Mendoza
…King" during the reign of Isabel and Ferdinand. Pedro González de Mendoza was born on 3 May 1428 at Guadalajara in New Castile. He was the fifth son of Íñigo López de Mendoza and Catalina Suarez de Figueroa. The Mendoza family was the most powerful noble family in Spain at the time. González de Mendoza remained in Guadalajara…
Jorge Ingles, A portrait of the donor Don Íñigo López de Mendoza, Marqués de Santillana from the Altarpiece of Buitrago, c. 1455
Possible portrait of the Marquess of Santillana
the house where Leonor Lasso de la Vega gave birth to Íñigo López de Mendoza, in Carrión de los Condes (Palencia)