Don Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1489 – 9 June 1535),

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, archbishop of Burgos and bishop of Coria, was a Castilian clergyman and diplomat in the service of

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Biography

Don Íñigo was born in Aranda de Duero, the second son of Pedro de Zúñiga y Avellaneda, 2nd Count of Miranda del Castañar, and Catalina de Velasco, daughter of Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro. Although a Zúñiga, he was named Mendoza after his maternal grandmother Mencia de Mendoza. His brother was Francisco de Zúñiga Avellaneda y Velasco. In 1526 he went as ambassador for Charles V to

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. On his way there, he was arrested for 4 months by the French. In 1528 he was imprisoned by the English because of deteriorating relations between Charles and

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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. After that he went to

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, where he witnessed Charles' coronation as

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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 ''

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''. On the show it is not mentioned that he was a Clergyman.

References

*José Pablo Alzina, ''Embajadores de España en Londres. Una guía de retratos de la embajada de España'' (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Madrid 2001) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendoza, Don Inigo de 1476 births 1535 deaths People from Miranda de Ebro Ambassadors of Spain to the Kingdom of England 16th-century Spanish cardinals Archbishops of Burgos 16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Spain 16th-century Spanish diplomats University of Salamanca alumni Ambassadors of the Holy Roman Empire 16th-century clergy from the Holy Roman Empire