Juan de Dios de Silva y Mendoza y Haro (13 November 1672 – 9 December 1737), was a Spanish noble from the
House of Mendoza. He was the 10th
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 ...
, the 8th Duke of
Lerma and the 6th Duke of
Pastrana.
Family origins
Juan was the son of
Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza (1649–1693), 9th Duke of the Infantado from whom he inherited the title, and his wife, Doña
María de Haro y Guzmán (1644–1693), daughter of
Luis Méndez de Haro
Luis Méndez de Haro, 6th Marquis of Carpio or Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzmán, Grandee of Spain (in full, es, Don (honorific), Don Luis Méndez de Haro Guzmán y Sotomayor de la Paz, sexto marqués del Carpio, segundo conde de Morente, quinto co ...
, the first minister of
Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered ...
and
Catalina Fernández de Córdoba y Aragón.
He was a member of the powerful
House of Mendoza which had controlled the Dukedom of the Infantado since its inception with
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa. The Mendoza family rose to power when it merged with the
House of Lasso de la Vega through the marriage of
Leonor Lasso de la Vega, the last direct member of that line, and
Admiral Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, the admiral of Castile.
References
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1672 births
1737 deaths
10
Juan de Dios
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