Pedro de Peralta y Ezpeleta, also known as Pierres de Peralta the Younger (1421–1492) was a

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nobleman, politician and military leader, active in the

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. He was the first Count of

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, Baron of

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, and lord of Peralta, Funes,

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, Undiano,

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and

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. He was the son of Pedro Martínez de Peralta and Ruiz de Azagra (also known as Pierres de Peralta the Elder) and Juana de Ezpeleta y Garro, daughter of the Baron de Ezpeleta of the family of the lords of

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and

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, and sister of Beltrán de Ezpeleta, first Viscount of Valderro. He married twice, in 1440 with Anne of Brabant, illegitimate daughter of Anthony of Burgundy and in 1462 Isabel de Foix y de Albret of the royal family of Navarre ( house Foix-Grailly). He maintained close relations with the

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and the

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, and he received titles in exchange for his agreement to the marriage of

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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 ...

in 1469. Ferdinand in 1513 created de Peralta's grandson

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the first marquis of Falces. The marquesses of Falces would reside in

Castle, built by Pierres the Elder, for the next five centuries.

References

*Sagasti Lacalle, María José y Sagasti Lacalle, Blanca: ''El Linaje de los Peralta en los siglos XV y XVI, Blasones de la pinceladura del Castillo de Marcilla''. *Yanguas y Miranda, José: ''Diccionario de antigüedades del Reino de Navarra''. Tomo I. Pamplona. Imprenta de Javier Goyeneche. 1840. {{Authority control 15th-century nobility from the Kingdom of Navarre