Íñigo López de Mendoza y Luna (

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

, 1438 – 14 July 1500) was a Spanish noble, the second

Duke of the Infantado Duke of the Infantado ( es, Duque del Infantado) is a Spanish peerage title that was granted to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon an ...

and third

Marquis of Santillana A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

. He was the son of

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, 1st Duke of the Infantado, or Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Suarez de Figueroa (Guadalajara, Castile, 25 September 1417 – Manzanares el Real, Spain, 25 January 1479) was a Spanish noble. Biography ...

and Brianda de Luna y Mendoza.
Íñigo López de Mendoza participated in the

Siege of Granada The Granada War ( es, Guerra de Granada) was a series of military campaigns between 1482 and 1491 during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, against the Nasrid dynasty's Emirate of Granada. It e ...

.
He finished the construction on the New Castle of Manzanares el Real and had Juan Guas construct the ''Palacio del Infantado'' in Guadalajara. He married María de Luna y Pimentel, only surviving child and heiress of

Álvaro de Luna Álvaro de Luna y Fernández de Jarava (between 1388 and 13902 June 1453), was a Castilian statesman, favourite of John II of Castile. He served as Constable of Castile and as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. He earned great influence in t ...

, who had been his grandfather's greatest adversary. Through this marriage, he greatly expanded the wealth and possessions of the

Mendoza family The Mendoza family was a powerful line of Spanish nobles. Members of the family wielded considerable power, especially from the 14th to the 17th centuries in Castile. The family originated from the village of Mendoza ( Basque ''mendi+oza'', ' ...

. They had three children : *

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Duke of the Infantado Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Luna, 3rd Duke of the Infantado, nicknamed ''El Grande'', (Arenas de San Pedro, Spain, 11 March 1461 – Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, 30 August 1531) was a Spanish noble. He was born in one of the richest ...

(1461–1531) * Álvaro de Mendoza, 1st Lord of Torre de Esteban Hambrán * Francisca de Mendoza, married Luis de la Cerda, Lord of Miedes and Mandayona

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Biography (in Spanish)GeneAll.net
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