The House of Enríquez is a Spanish noble lineage of royal origin.

History

The House of Enríquez originated in the

Crown of Castile The Crown of Castile was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accessi ...

, in the person of

Frederick of Castile Frederick of Castile, in Spanish Fadrique (1223–1277), was a younger son (''infante'') of King Ferdinand III of Castile by his first wife, Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen. He was born in Guadalajara. After the conquest of Seville, unhappy under the r ...

(Casa de Borgoña), natural son of King Alfonso XI of Castile and

Eleanor de Guzmán Leonor (Eleanor) de Guzmán y Ponce de León (1310–1351) was a Castilian noblewoman. After roughly 1330, she became the long-term mistress and favourite of Alfonso XI, with whom she had the illegitimate Henry "the Fratricidal", future first mo ...

, and twin brother of Henry II of Castile, who gave name to the lineage ("Enríquez" being a patronymic form of ''Henry'' or ''Enrique''). The House of Enríquez is a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea. From a political point of view, the family became the most powerful of Castile, displaying the dignity of Admirals of Castile for nearly 200 years and earning the Duchy of Medina de Rioseco. They were part of the elite aristocratic power in Castile during the Middle Ages and, along with 19 other Spanish lineages, were recognized by Charles V in 1520 as one of the first Grandees of Spain. Titles held by members of the house also include “Señor de Haro” and “Masters of the Order of Santiago.” Jurisdictionally, they guarded the manors of Mansilla, Medina de Rioseco, Melgar, Palenzuela, Peñafiel, Rueda, Torrelobatón and Tarifa. Juana Enríquez, great-granddaughter of the founder of the lineage, married John II of Aragon and was the mother of

Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia from ...

. Previously, the descendants of Henry of Castile, son of King Ferdinand III of Castile, also received the surname Enríquez.

Members

Fadrique Alfonso de Castilla Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, 1st Señor de Haro (1334–1358), 25th Master of the Order of Santiago (1342–1358), was the fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor of Guzman. He was born in Seville. Biography Fadrique was ...

(1333–58) #

Alonso Enríquez y Angulo de Córdoba Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 36.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Alonso'' were residents of Spain (frequency 1:222), 26.1% of Mexico (1:83 ...

(1354–1429) —

Juana de Mendoza Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Janet, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to: People * Juan ...

(1352–1431) # Fadrique Enríquez de Mendoza (c.1388–1473) — Marina Díez de Córdoba y Ayala #

Alfonso Enríquez Alfonso Enríquez, also known as Alonso Enríquez (Guadalcanal, 1354 – Guadalupe, 1429) was Lord of Medina de Rioseco and Admiral of Castile. Background Alfonso Enriquez de Castilla was the son of Fadrique Alfonso, 25th Master of the Orde ...

(c.1435–1485)
Juana Enríquez de Mendoza (1425–68) — King

Juan II de Aragón John II ( Spanish: ''Juan II'', Catalan: ''Joan II'', Aragonese: ''Chuan II'' and eu, Joanes II; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (''el Gran'') or the Faithless (''el Sense Fe''), was King of Aragon from 1458 until his death ...

# Fadrique Enriquez de Cabrera (1485–1538) — Ana de Cabrera #

Fernando Enríquez Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

(1538–42) — María Girón #

Luis Enríquez Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born film composer. He learned music from Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim the conductor of the Berlin, and Chicago orchestras, and also Berta Sujovolsky ...

(1542–67) #

Luis II Enríquez Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

(1567–96) — Ana de Mendoza #

Luis III Enríquez de Cabrera Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

(1596–1600) — Vittoria Colonna # Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera (1600–47) #

Juan Gaspar Enríquez de Cabrera ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(1647–91) #

Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera y Ponce de Leon, VII Duque de Medina de Río-Seco (Genoa, Italy, 1646 – Estremoz, Portugal, 1705), was a Spanish noble and military leader. Biography He belonged to the important Enríquez family, whose titl ...

(1691–1702) # Pascual Enríquez de Cabrera (1739) # María de la Almudena Enríquez de Cabrera (1779). {{DEFAULTSORT:Enriquez Castilian nobility Castilian House of Burgundy Spanish noble families