Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor
Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor (1515–1578) was a Spanish noble holding the titles of Señor Lubrín y Sorbas, Almería and 10th Señor del Carpio, a title which was elevated to 1st Marques del Carpio in 1559 by Philip II of Spain.
Family Origins
[edit]A member of the House of Haro, Diego López was the son of Luis Méndez de Haro y Sotomayor, 9th Señor del Carpio and Señor de Sorbas and Lubrín[1] and his second wife, Beatriz Portocarrero. His paternal grandfather was Diego López de Haro 8th Señor del Carpio, and Señor of Busto, Revilla, Sorbas and Lubrín and governor of Galicia,[2] from whom his father inherited the title of Señorio del Carpio and the Señorios of Lubrín and Sorbas, and his paternal grandmother was Beatriz de Sotomayor,[3] daughter of Luis Méndez de Sotomayor, 7th Señor del Carpio.[4]
Diego López was the title holder of the Señorio del Carpio, being the 10th Señor when King Philip II of Spain elevated the Señorio to a Marquesado on 20 January 1559 a title which was also granted Grandeeship of Spain. Later in 1559, King Philip II of Spain granted Diego López the Villa de Carboneras.
Marriage and descendants
[edit]Diego López married María Angela de Velasco de la Cueva, daughter of Cristóbal de la Cueva y Velasco, Señor de Roa and the couple had 2 children:[5]
- María López de Haro - II Marquesa del Carpio, Señora de Las Villas de Adamuz, Morente y Pedro Abad, and Málaga, who married Francisco Fernández de Córdoba
- Beatriz López de Haro Sotomayor - who married her paternal uncle, Luis Méndez de Haro Portocarrero
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Some of the information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent.
- ^ "CARPIO". grandesp.org.uk (in Spanish). Grandesp. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ Cabrera Sánchez, Margarita. "El Señorío de El Carpio en el Siglo XV" (PDF). helvia.uco.es (in Spanish). Aragón en la Edad Media 14-15 (1), 227-242 (1999). Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas y Estudios Árabes e Islámicos. p. 235. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Beatriz de Sotomayor, VIII señora del Carpio". geni.com. Geni. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Luis Méndez de Sotomayor, señor del Carpio". geni.com. Geni. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "CARPIO". grandesp.org.uk (in Spanish). Grandesp. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
