Íñigo López de Mendoza prime marqués de Mondéjar (Museo del Prado) web

500-year Anniversary of El Conde de Tendilla 1440 -1515

This year Granada commemorates the death of El Conde de Tendilla 1515 and the Centro de Estudios Históricos de Granada has organized an international conference

Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, (1440 –1515) was the first Marqués de Mondéjar. He was born in Guadalajara in the Kingdom of Castille and soon entered the royal court at Toledo. He first showed his military prowess in the war on Granada, which was the final part of the Reconquista. In 1486 he was named ambassador to the Pope. During his sojourn in Italy he became familiar with the Italian renaissance. In August 1487 he returned to Soain to take part in the final campaign on Granada. After the defeat of Boabdil and conquest of Granada in winter of 1492, King Ferdinand named Íñigo Governor of Alhambra and Captain General of Granada. During his tenure as governor, Conde Íñigo subdued the first Moorish uprising in Granada (1500–1502), which was brought about by the forced mass conversions enacted by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros. He would later command troops against further uprisings in Alpujarras along with King Ferdinand and the “Gran Capitan”, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba.

As a follow-up on the 500-year anniversary of his death, Centro de Estudios Históricos de Granada y su reino has organized an international conference. At the conference the the Spanish Association of Medievalists is holding their annual meeting.

El Conde de Tendilla y su tiempo
Granada
05.11.2015 – 07.11.2015

Contact:

info@condedetendilla.es
Centro de Estudios Históricos de Granada y su reino
Corral del Carbón
c/ Mariana Pineda s/n
18009 Granada

The programme can be found on the dedicated website

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