Don
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*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1489 – 9 June 1535),
cardinal
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**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
,
archbishop of Burgos
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bishop of Coria
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
, was a Castilian clergyman and diplomat in the service of
Emperor Charles V
Charles V, french: Charles Quint, it, Carlo V, nl, Karel V, ca, Carles V, la, Carolus V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain ( Castile and Aragon) fr ...
.
Biography
Don Íñigo was born in
Aranda de Duero
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Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro
Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro (in full, es, Don Pedro Fernández de Velasco y Manrique, segundo conde de Haro, sexto Condestable de Castilla, señor de los valles de Saba y Ruesga, y de las villas de Briviesca, Puebla de Arganzó ...
. Although a Zúñiga, he was named Mendoza after his maternal grandmother Mencia de Mendoza.
In 1526 he went as ambassador for Charles V to
England
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. On his way there, he was arrested for 4 months by the
French
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. In 1528 he was imprisoned by the English because of deteriorating relations between Charles and
Henry VIII
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. He was only rarely allowed to send letters. After this, he asked for his recall, both because of bad health, and because the English didn't trust him. He was allowed to quit England in May 1529 and was succeeded in his post by
Eustace Chapuys
Eustace Chapuys (; c. 1490/92 – 21 January 1556), the son of Louis Chapuys and Guigonne Dupuys, was a Savoyard diplomat who served Charles V as Imperial ambassador to England from 1529 until 1545 and is best known for his extensive and detaile ...
.
After that he went to
Italy
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, where he witnessed Charles' coronation as
Holy Roman Emperor
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at
Bologna
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in 1530. That same year he was also made a cardinal.
De Mendoza is portrayed by Declan Conlon in Showtime's series ''
The Tudors
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''. On the show it is not mentioned that he was a Clergyman.