House of Zúñiga

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The House of Zúñiga is a prominent Spanish noble family that held significant political and military influence in the kingdoms of Castile and Spain from the Middle Ages through the early modern period.

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Label Occurrences
House of Zúñiga canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish noble house
noble family
activity military service to the Crown of Castile
political influence in Castile
service to the Spanish Monarchy
allegiance Crown of Castile
Spanish monarchy
surface form: Spanish Monarchy
coatOfArmsFeature castles
golden bands
red field
country Spain
ethnicGroup Castilian
familyNameVariant Zuniga
Zúñiga
fieldOfActivity court politics
military leadership
noble administration
historicalStatus Grandees of Spain
languageOfName Spanish
nobleTitle Count of Bañares
Count of Miranda del Castañar
Count of Monterrey
Count of Nieva
Duke of Béjar
Duke of Béjar
surface form: Duke of Peñaranda de Duero

Duke of Plasencia
Marquis of Ayamonte
notableMember Francisco de Zúñiga y Sotomayor
Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo
Juan de Zúñiga y Pimentel
Luis de Requesens
surface form: Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens

María de Zúñiga y Pimentel
Pedro de Zúñiga y Manrique de Lara
Teresa de Zúñiga y Manrique de Castro
Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán
notableOfficeHeldByMembers captain general
grand master of the Order of Alcántara
royal counselor
viceroy of New Spain
viceroy of Peru
origin Castile
surface form: Kingdom of Castile
region Castile
Extremadura
Navarre
Salamanca
religion Roman Catholicism
socialClass high nobility
timePeriod Middle Ages
early modern period

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Juana de Zúñiga memberOf House of Zúñiga
Álvarez de Toledo family associatedWith House of Zúñiga
Álvaro de Zúñiga y Guzmán nobleFamily House of Zúñiga
Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo nobleFamily House of Zúñiga