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Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga

In this Basque name, the first surname is Medrano and the second is Zúñiga.

Don Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga (b. La Rioja, 14th century - d. 15th century) was a noble and the lord of Fuenmayor, Agoncillo and Almarza in the Kingdom of Castile. He was born into the ancient and illustrious House of Medrano, high nobility and ricohombres from the Kingdom of Navarre and Castile; and the powerful House of Zúñiga on his mothers side.[1]

Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga
Coat of arms of the House of Medrano (1212)
Born
Diego López de Medrano

14th century
La Rioja, Kingdom of Castile
TitleLord of Agoncillo, Fuenmayor, Almarza
SpouseDoña Aldonza Ramírez de Ulloque
ChildrenPedro Gómez de Medrano y Ulloque, Aldonza Diaz de Medrano y Ulloque, Juan Lopez de Medrano y Ulloque
Parent(s)Juan Martinez de Medrano,
Aldonza de Zuñiga
RelativesDiego Lopez de Zúñiga and Juan Ortiz de Zúñiga (maternal uncles), Rodrigo Alfonso de Medrano (paternal uncle)

Ancestry edit

Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga was the son of the noble Juan Martínez de Medrano y Hurtado de Mendoza, lord of Fuenmayor and Almarza, and Aldonza de Zúñiga, his wife.[2]

Juan Martínez de Medrano y Hurtado de Mendoza edit

 
Diego's father Juan Martínez de Medrano died at the battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385)

Diego's father Juan Martínez de Medrano died in the battle of Aljubarrota on August 14, 1385, alongside his brother in-law, Juan Ortiz de Zúñiga.[3] The battle took place at São Jorge, between the towns of Leiria and Alcobaça in central Portugal. The outcome was a decisive victory for the Portuguese and secured John as the undisputed King of Portugal. The memory of Diego's father Juan Martínez de Medrano y Hurtado de Mendoza, lord of Fuenmayor, is in the will and testament of King Don Juan I, where he orders Juan Martínez de Medrano to have the knife of King Don Enrique III.[3]

Alvar Díaz de Medrano y Almoravid edit

Diego's father Juan Martínez de Medrano y Hurtado de Mendoza was the son of the ricohombre Don Alvar Díaz de Medrano y Almoravid, lord of Fuenmayor, Agoncillo, and Almarza, and Lady Toda Hurtado de Mendoza, his wife.[4] Don Alvar Diaz de Medrano y Almoravid was the Alcaide of the famous Monjardin Castle (San Esteban de Deyo) in 1380; and the following two years he was listed among the King's Mesnaderos.[5][6]

Juan Vélaz de Medrano y Sánchez edit

Don Alvar Diaz de Medrano y Almoravid was the son of Dona Bona de Almoravid and Don Juan Vélaz de Medrano, third of the name, Alcaide of Viana and Dicastillo, whom died in 1342.[7] Juan was the son of the ricohombre and regent of the Kingdom of Navarre, Juan Martinez de Medrano y Aibar, lord of Sartaguda, Arroniz, and Villatuerta, known as 'The Elder' and 'El Mayor'.[8]

Family of Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga edit

 
Coat of arms of Medrano y Zúñiga

Diego's mother Aldonza de Zúñiga was the daughter of the noble Íñigo Ortiz de Zúñiga, lord of las Cuevas and Montalvos, and to whom King Don Pedro granted the place of Azofra, and Lady Sancha Núñez de Pavía, who was the daughter of Gómez Fernández de Pavía, and his wife Lady Constanza de Párraga. Diego's maternal grandparents married in the year 1383. From this marriage was born Diego's mother, Lady Aldonza de Zúñiga, wife of Juan Martínez de Medrano y Hurtado de Mendoza.[9]

Lady Aldonza de Zúñiga and Juan Martínez de Medrano had a son and heir, Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga, called to the entail of the lordships of Azofra and Montalvos, linked to him by his maternal grandfather Íñigo Ortiz de Zúñiga.[3] In the document detailing the entail founded in 1434 by Bishop Don Diego de Zúñiga, Íñigo Ortiz de Zúñiga is recognized as the successor to a significant estate that included various properties and jurisdictions across notable locations. This entail outlined a succession plan that included female heirs in the absence of male ones, Íñigo's attempt to ensure the continuity of the Zúñiga lineage.[9]

Diego López de Medrano, coming from Fuenmayor, is mentioned in this document as a subsequent heir, positioned after the lines of Doña Leonor and Doña Constanza de Zúñiga, the sisters of the founder, Bishop Don Diego de Zúñiga. His role in this arrangement was significant as a contingency beneficiary, representing the broader family network and its integration into the entail's provisions. Specifically, Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga, as the nephew of Bishop Don Diego de Zúñiga through his sister Doña Aldonza de Zúñiga, was recognized as part of the inheritance plan, which stipulated that in the absence of direct descendants from Íñigo Ortiz de Zúñiga and the named female lines, the estate would pass to him or to the nearest relative from the father's side of the Zúñiga lineage.[9]

 
Coat of arms of Agoncillo, La Rioja (derived from the ancient arms of Medrano)

In 1337, Diego's uncle Don Rodrigo Alfonso de Medrano, chief crossbowman of King Alfonso XI of Castile, and founder of the chapel of Santa Engracia in the Imperial Church of Santa María de Palacio, in the city of Logroño, bought the village of Agoncillo, La Rioja and its Moorish castle of Aguas Mansas.[10] Medrano started carrying out several remodelling works, adapting it to the style of the 14th century. In Rodrigo Alfonso de Medrano's testament in 1345, he noted having spent big amounts of money in "...building the castle and the village" (in Old Castilian: "...fazer el castillo e la villa").

During the battles between Peter the Cruel and Henry of Trastámara, the castle passed onto the hands of Charles II of Navarre, although for a short period. In 1392, it was once again owned by Rodrigo Alfonso de Medrano, lord of Agoncillo, who bequeathed it to his nephew Don Diego López de Medrano y Zuñiga.[11]

In the early 15th century, Diego's father Juan Martínez de Medrano was part of the house of the Bishop of Calahorra, Don Diego López de Zúñiga. Diego López de Medrano y Zuñiga, lord of Agoncillo, Almarza and Fuenmayor, was part of the political clientele of Diego de Zuñiga, Bishop of Calahorra in the first half of the 15th century. Several references to esquires of Bishop Don Diego López de Zúñiga can be found. It is documented that Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga, lord of Almarza and Fuenmayor, who made a will in 1449, was the Bishop's nephew, being the son of his sister Aldonza de Zúñiga, married to the lord of Fuenmayor and Almarza, Juan Martínez de Medrano.[12]

Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga helped his maternal nephews with strong financial donations and lands in many La Rioja towns. The house of Medrano later alternately aligned themselves with The first Count of Aguilar, son of the first Count of Arellano from the house of Arellano and the first Duke of Nájera from the house of Manrique de Lara.[12]

Children of Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga edit

Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga married Doña Aldonza Ramírez de Ulloque, and they had a very illustrious offspring, including Juan Lopez de Medrano y Ulloque, Pedro Gómez de Medrano and Doña Aldonza Diaz de Medrano y Ulloque, Señora of Agoncillo.[13]

Aldonza Diaz de Medrano edit

Doña Aldonza Diaz de Medrano married Don Lope Garcia de Porres and had one son, also lord of Agoncillo, Pedro Gomez de Porres y Medrano,[14] Knight of the Order of Calatrava, a member of His Majesty's Council, and the Alcalde of Hijosdalgo of the Royal Chancery of Valladolid.[15][16] Aldonza and Lope also had two daughters, Doña Isabel González de Porres y Medrano and Doña Maria González de Porres y Medrano.[14]

Juan López de Medrano edit

Later, Diego's son Don Juan López de Medrano joined the house of the Lord of Cameros, Juan Ramírez de Arellano. There is a well-documented case regarding the lifetime grant of the place of Cocera (a village in the municipality of Almarza de Cameros) by Juan Ramírez de Arellano to Diego López de Medrano y Zuñiga.[17] Despite receiving it as a lifetime grant, Diego López de Medrano y Zuñiga passed it down to his son Pedro Gómez de Medrano, who, in turn, conveyed it to the council of Nieva de Cameros. The first Count of Aguilar, son of the first Count of Arellano, after litigating in the Chancery of Valladolid, succeeded in compelling the council of Nieva to restore the said place.[18]

For reasons unknown, Don Juan López de Medrano shifted to the house of the Duke of Nájera, Don Pedro Manrique de Lara, where his son Hernando de Medrano began serving as a page at the age of thirteen. In 1552, a bitter conflict arose between Hernando de Medrano and his lord, the duke of Nájera, over jurisdiction and control of the lordship of Fuenmayor and over certain vassals and tenants of the place of Fuenmayor.[19] As a result, Hernando de Medrano decided to serve in the house of the Count of Aguilar, who welcomed him despite the duke's objections.[17]

Pedro Gómez de Medrano edit

In 1447, Don Pedro Gómez de Medrano bequeaths to his son Don Lope de Medrano the town of Agoncillo and San Martín de Velilla (northwest of Agoncillo).[20][21]

Lords of Fuenmayor edit

 
The House of Medrano were the ancient lords of Fuenmayor in La Rioja

Diego López de Medrano y Zúñiga's lordship of Fuenmayor begins with the ancient lords of Fuenmayor from the House of Medrano in the 12th century. His ancestor Doña María Ramírez de Medrano is one of the most important residents of Fuenmayor in the year 1185, mentioned as the lady of Fuenmayor in a later manuscript dated 1411 in the Municipal Archive of Fuenmayor. Her husband Fortún de Baztán, lord of Baztán was of Navarrese descent, descended from the early Navarrese kings.

Doña María Ramírez de Medrano was from La Rioja, from the important Medrano family, who were one of the great families of Fuenmayor, and who inherited from Doña María Ramírez de Medrano the title of lords of Fuenmayor, which led to disputes with the council for centuries.[17] In a lawsuit that was settled in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid over many centuries, the disputed lordship of the Medrano family was settled, although for this, the residents of Fuenmayor had to pay large sums of money to continue maintaining their independence from these lords of Fuenmayor.[22]

Fuenmayor was one of the towns, along with Entrena, Medrano, and the Valle de Baztan (from where Doña María and her husband came), that paid for the maintenance of María's hospital, convent, church and commandery of San Juan de Acre in Navarrete with their tithes, which gave them the right to choose the commander who directed it. The Medrano family were for many years the commanders of the hospital of San Juan de Acre.[17]

Fuenmayor, one of seven Villas de Campo edit

Queen Estefanía de Nájera, widow of King García Sánchez III of Pamplona, received the privilege of joining the villages of Campo, which together with Navarrete, Hornos, Medrano, Entrena, Velilla and Fuenmayor thus benefited from the joint use of water, pastures and paths.[23] On September 1, 1054, Fuenmayor is documented as one of the seven Villas del Campo, namely: Navarrete, Fuenmayor, Coscujos, Hornos de Moncalvillo, Medrano, Vilella (or Velilla), and Entrena.[24][25] Line 119 in a 1378 manuscript states that the towns of Baztán, where Doña María Ramírez de Medrano's husband was from, along with Entrena, Medrano, and Fuenmayor, were all part of the jurisdiction or domain of María's hospital of San Juan de Acre in Navarrete.[26]

References edit

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