INDEX
RG = Ruy Gómez de Silva
A
Abenavolo, family, 30
absolutism, royal, 91 , 92 , 114 -115, 152 , 153 , 154 , 156 -157
administration, Habsburg, 64 , 77 , 85 , 153 -156
Afonso V, king of Portugal, 8 , 161 n11
Alba, Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, 4th duke of, 105
Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3d duke of, 2 , 15 , 18 , 42 , 59 , 60 , 79 , 98 , 124 , 126 ;
aristocratic mentality of, 96 -97, 100 -101, 110 ;
character and temperament of, 44 , 45 , 52 , 53 , 54 -55, 56 , 100 -101, 106 , 108 , 110 , 204 n62;
and court factions, 56 -57, 58 , 93 -97, 111 , 114 -115, 130 -131, 137 , 181 n90;
generalship of, 100 , 195 n26;
as mayordomo mayor of Philip's household, 15 , 40 , 41 , 44 , 54 , 57 , 100 , 110 ;
and Philip II, 19 , 43 , 44 , 47 , 54 -55, 80 , 102 -103, 105 -106, 111 , 114 , 115 , 116 -117, 123 , 128 -129, 131 ;
political ideology of, 93 -95, 104 , 105 , 130 ;
as proconsul, 52 -56, 67 , 69 , 75 , 101 , 102 , 105 , 106 (Italy), 100 , 130 -131, 148 (Netherlands);
and RG, 55 -58, 62 , 93 -97, 101 -106, 107 , 108 -109, 111 , 112 , 114 -115, 117 , 122 , 130 -131, 135
Alba, house of, 74
Alba de Liste, Diego Enríquez de Guzmán, count of, 108 , 117
Albalate, 142 , 150
Alburquerque, Gabriel de la Cueva, duke of, 84
alcabalas , 25 , 37 , 86 , 87 , 109 , 141 , 142
Alcalá de Henares, 26 , 28 , 142
Alcántara (town), 85 , 86
Alcaraz, 14 , 87
Alcarria (region), 35 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 144 , 148 , 150
alchemy, 76 -77
Algecilla, marquisate of, 33 , 171 n56
Aliano, county of, 25 , 30 , 35
Aljubarrota, battle of, 8
Almeida, Blanca de, 8
Almeirim, 10
Almeyda, Nativa d', 11
Almonacid, alfoz of, 142
Alvarez de Toledo, Cardinal Juan, archbishop of Santiago, 105
Antwerp, 61 , 107
Aragon, Crown of, 25 , 69 , 117
Aragon, infantes of, 8
Aragon, kingdom of, 33 , 34 , 132
Arcos, Luis Cristóbal Ponce de León, duke of, 98 , 106 , 107
Arenberg (Aremberg), Jean de Ligne, count of, 98
Armada, "Invincible," 64
arras , 28 , 32 , 146 , 169 nn29-30, 170 n49
Arras, bishop of. See Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de
Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, earl of, 41
Asculi, Luis de Leiva, prince of, 14
Asti, 85
Astillano, prince of, 82
Atey, Arthur, 122 , 150 , 202 n36
Atri, duke of, 98
Aubespine, Sebastien de l'. See L'Aubespine, Sebastien de
Augsburg, 15
Auñón, marquis of. See Herrera, Melchor de
Avellaneda, Juan de, 12 -13
Ayamonte, Antonio de Guzmán, 4th marquis of, 146
ayudas de costa , 40 , 80 , 174 n4
B
Badajoz, 11
Badoero, Federico, Venetian ambassador, 9 , 11 , 50 , 63 , 66 , 99 , 118 , 119 , 120
Barcelona, 69
Bari, duchy of, 102 -103, 104 , 105
Bayonne, conference (1565), 128 , 129 , 204 n62
Benavente, 39
Benavente, Antonio Alonso Pimentel de Velasco, 6th count of, 39 , 108
Benavides, Juan de, 14 , 15 , 169 n33
Berghes, Jean de Glymes, marquis of, 98 , 130 , 134 , 135
Boethius, 88
Bolwiller, Nicolas, baron de, 83
Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, 133
Broccardo, Count Persico, 84 , 192 n76
Brunswick, Henry, duke of, 98 , 108
Brussels, 20 , 37 , 40 , 46 , 48 , 52 , 54 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 63 , 65 , 79 , 80 , 82 , 101 , 102 , 134 , 135
Buendía, Juan de Acuña, count of, 113
C
Cabrera de Córdoba, Luis, 7 , 11 , 16 , 18 , 60 , 71 , 73 , 75 , 77 , 78 , 103 , 121 , 123
Calabria, 25
Calabria, Fernando de Aragón, duke of, 11
Calais, 59 , 99
Calderón (RG's secretary), 76 , 189 n50
Camarasa, house of, 74
Campania, 82
Canary Islands, 37 -38
Cantabria, 70
Caracciolo, family, 30
Caracciolo, Lucrecia, 30 , 35
Caraffa, Antonio, 30
Caraffa, Cardinal Carlo, 78 , 102 , 103
Caraffa, family, 102 , 103
Cárcel de la Manifestación (Zaragoza), 34
Cárdenas, Bernardino de, 142 , 147
Cárdenas, Luisa de, 147
Cardona, Catalina de, 2
Carlos, prince of Spain (son of Philip II), 39 , 71 -72, 77 -78, 80 , 129 , 131 -133, 134 , 173 n1
Carmelites. See Discalced Carmelite order
Carranza, Bartolomé de, archbishop of Toledo, 73
carriages, 120 , 201 n23
Castiglione, Baldesar, 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 125 , 126 , 138
Castile, Council of, 12 , 34 , 71 , 116 , 129 , 130 , 136 , 142
Castilla, Cámara de, 61
Castro, Fray Alonso de, 40
Catalonia, 20 , 34 , 69
Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of, 78 -79, 80 , 98 -99, 106 , 107 , 111
Catherine de' Medici. See Medici, Catherine de'
Catholic rulers (Ferdinand and Isabel), 24 , 64 , 153
Cavalli, Sigismondo, Venetian ambassador, 84 , 123 , 133 , 144
Cazorla, adelantamiento of, 73 -74, 188 n40
Cenete, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Aragón, count of Saldaña, marquis of, 108
Cenete, Rodrigo de Mendoza, count of Cid, first marquis of, 24
Cerignola, battle of, 25
Ceuta, 8
Challoner, Thomas, 80 , 107
Chantonnay, Thomas Perrenot, seigneur de, 83 , 124 , 140
Charles II, king of Spain, 156
Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain (as Charles I), 11 , 13 , 14 , 25 , 29 -30, 36 , 40 , 45 , 46 , 53 , 54 , 57 , 61 , 66 , 68 , 73 , 77 , 78 , 104 , 154 ;
abdication of, 43 , 47 , 51 , 52 , 59 -60, 62 , 71 , 182 n103;
on Alba, 44 ;
memorial service for (1558), 79 ;
and mercedes for RG, 21 , 28 , 35 , 38 , 50 ;
and Philip, 17 -18, 41 , 43 -44, 47 , 48 -49, 51 , 65 -66, 70 -71, 153 , 185 nn6,8;
and privados , 28 , 32 , 64 ;
receives RG, 15 , 71 -72, 74
Chinchón, countess of. See Mendoza y de la Cerda, Mencia de
Chinchón, Pedro Fernández de Cabrera y Bobadilla, 2d count of, 27 , 60 , 130 , 183 n105
church, in Spain, 68 , 72 -75
Cifuentes, 26
Cifuentes, Fernando de Silva, 4th count of, 26
Cifuentes, Juan de Silva, 5th count of, 15 , 22 , 26 , 27
clavería . See encomiendas
Cobos, Francisco de los, 14 , 18 , 73 , 74 , 82
Cocentaina, counts of. See Concentaina
Collateral Council (Naples), 29 , 31
Colmenar de Oreja, 142 , 147
Colonna, family, 102
comuneros , 32 , 94 , 95
Concentaina, countess of. See Mendoza y de la Cerda, Brianda de
Concentaina, Guillén Ruiz de Corella, 5th count of, 27
Concentaina, Ximen Pérez Roiz de Corella, 6th count of, 85
Contratación, Casa de, 68
Córdoba, 212 n154
Córdoba, Alvaro de, 18 -19
Córdoba, Pedro de, 42
cortes:
of Aragon, 15 , 34 ;
of Castile, 132
Council, Royal. See Castile, Council of
court, 7 , 15 , 16 , 139 ;
alcaldes of, 12 , 13 ;
of Charles V, 40 , 43 , 53 , 55 ;
factions at, 19 , 56 -57, 58 , 93 -97, 103 , 104 , 114 -115, 130 -131, 148 , 181 n90;
French, 79 -80, 103 , 107 , 108 ;
of Philip and Mary, 41 , 42 -43, 53 , 54 -55, 67 ;
of Philip II, 60 , 83 , 93 -97, 107 -111, 114 -115, 135 -136, 141 , 149 ;
influence at, 16 , 51 , 83 , 122
Courtier, The Book of the. See Castiglione, Baldesar
courtiershi:
Alba on RG's, 122 ;
Chantonnay on, 140 ;
Ducci on, 126 ;
Guevara on, 139 ;
of RG, 2 -3, 36 -37, 38 , 49 , 51 , 83 , 84 -85, 118 -128, 139 -140, 151 -152, 156 ;
RG's views on, 122 , 127 -128, 139 -140;
Savoy on RG's, 123 ;
Spanish style of, 118
Coutinho, family, 8
cruzada , 68 , 72
D
Della Casa, Giovanni, 124
Denia, Francisco de Sandoval Rojas y Zúñiga, 4th marquis of, 108
Diano, 81 , 82
Discalced Carmelite order, 86 , 142
donativo: of 1557, in Spain, 72 -73, 74 -75, 77
Donato, Leonardo, Venetian ambassador, 34 , 144
Don Carlos. See Carlos, prince of Spain
Don Juan de Austria. See Juan de Austria
Doria, Prince Andrea, 20 , 60
dote , 28 , 29 , 35 , 146
Dover, 59
Ducci, Lorenzo, 126
E
Eboli, 61 , 81 , 82 , 143
Eboli, prince of. See Silva, Ruy Gómez de (1516-1573)
Eboli, princess of. See Mendoza y de la Cerda, Ana de
Egmont, Lamoral, count of, 42 , 98 , 107 , 130 , 135
El Escorial. See Escorial
Elizabeth I, queen of England, 99
El Pardo (royal lodge), 28
Elvas, 11
encabezamiento general , 109
encomiendas , 61 ;
Argamasilla (Calatrava), 20 , 21 , 166 n81;
clavería (Calatrava), 21 , 148 ;
Esparragal (Alcántara), 21 ;
Herrera (Alcántara), 21 , 61 , 148 ;
Segura (Alcántara), 99
Enríquez, Fernando, admiral of Castile, 15
Enríquez, Juana (RG's paternal grandmother), 9
Enríquez de Cabrera, Luis, admiral of Castile, 84 , 108
Enríquez de Guzmán, María, duchess of Alba, 108
envy, at court, 121 -122, 133
Eraso, Francisco de, 28 , 38 , 41 , 42 , 52 , 55 , 57 , 58 , 59 ;
and Alba, 55 -56, 110 , 181 n86;
character and personality of, 49 , 50 ;
and Charles V, 45 , 46 , 57 , 59 ;
disgrace of, 50 , 129 , 178 nn56, 59 ;
in government of Philip II, 60 -61, 82 , 109 -110, 117 , 129 ;
relationship with RG, 36 -37, 45 , 49 -51, 82 , 116 , 129 , 178 n59;
and Philip's succession, 43 , 46 -49, 51 , 54 , 59 , 60 -61, 71
Escalona, Francisco López Pacheco, duke of, 108
Escobedo, Juan de, 1 , 34 , 85 , 86 , 120 , 142 , 144 , 159 n7, 203 n54
Escorial, 64 , 134
Espinosa, Cardinal Diego de, inquisitor general, president of the Council of Castile, bishop of Sigüenza, 124 , 125 , 129 -130, 133 , 135 -136, 149 , 159 n7, 212 n152, 212 n154
Espinosa, Diego de (Cardinal Espinosa's nephew), 135
Estates-General (Netherlands), 59 , 76
Estremera, 113 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 150 ;
"duke" of, 146 , 211 n141
F
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 60
Ferdinand II "the Catholic" (1452-1516), king of Aragon, 24 , 25 , 66 . See also Catholic rulers
Feria, Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, count (from 1567, first duke) of, 39 , 42 , 57 , 58 , 60 , 74 , 99 -100, 106 , 107 , 130 , 131 , 187 n33, 194 n21, 195 n22
Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo (the "Great Captain"), first duke of Sessa, 24 -25
Figueroa, Juan de, 50 , 60 , 129 , 159 n3, 174 n10
Finance (Hacienda ), Council of, 61 , 82 , 113 , 129 , 144
finances, Crown, 56 , 68 , 80 , 109 , 143 -145, 198 n71
fortune, 116 , 150 ;
Boethius on, 88 ;
Castiglione and, 138 ;
Machiavelli on, 89 ;
Antonio Pérez on, 5 , 138 -140, 151 ;
RG and, 88 , 91 , 139 -140, 150 , 151 , 156 -157
Fourquevaulx, Raimond de Beccarie de Pavie, m. de, ambassador of France, 131 , 136
Francavila (Francavilla), duke of. See Mélito, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, and Silva y Mendoza, Diego de
Franche-Comté, 59
Francis II, king of France, 107
Franciscan order, 147
Fresneda, Bernardo de, 76 , 116
Fucar (Fugger), Antonio, 143
Fuggers (banking family), 143 , 144
G
Garibay, Esteban de, 16
Ghent, 20 , 80
Gómez de Silva, Diego, alferez mayor of Portugal, 8
Gómez de Silva, Gonzalo, 8
Gómez de Silva, Ruy (RG's great-grandfather), 8
Gómez de Silva, Ruy, prince of Eboli, first duke of Pastrana. See Silva, Ruy Gómez de
Gonzaga, Ferrante, 52 , 53 , 54 , 60 , 180 n79
Granada, 87
Granada, Treaty of, 25
Granada, war of, 24
grandeza (grandeeship):
attribute of Castilian ducal titles, 81 , 146 , 148 ;
and Francavila, 33 , 171 n56;
privileges of, 100 ;
RG and, 92 , 146 , 148 , 152
Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de, bishop of Arras (cardinal from 1561), 40 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 52 , 53 , 59 , 60 , 78 , 79 , 83 , 111 , 131 , 140 ;
and Eraso, 45 , 50 , 95 , 129 ;
personality of, 44 -45, 46 , 124 ;
and Philip II, 43 , 44 -45, 62 , 124 ;
on RG, 117
Greenwich, 67
Grimaldo, Niccolò, 143 -145, 146 , 209 n126
Guadalajara, 24 , 108
Guadalcanal, 87
Guadalupe, 129
Guevara, Antonio de, 139
Guise, François de Lorraine, duke of, 67 , 80
H
Hacienda, Council of. See Finance, Council of
Ham (fortress), 97 , 99
Hampton Court, 42
Henry II, king of Castile, 9
Henry II, king of France, 67 , 68 , 79 , 80 , 103 , 104 , 107
Henry IV, king of Castile, 63
Hermosilla, Diego de, 139
Herrera, Melchor de (later marquis of Auñón), 143 -145, 150 , 209 n126
Holy Roman Empire, 59 , 60 , 71
Hoogstraten, Antoine de Lalaing, count of, 98
Horn (Hornes), Philippe de Montmorency, count of, 98
Howard of Effingham, Charles Lord, 59
hunting, 107 , 119
I
Indies, Council of, 61
Infantado, house of, 94 , 156
Infantado, Iñigo López de Mendoza, 4th duke of, 108
Infantado, palace of (Guadalajara), 108
Inquisition, Council of, 61
Inquisition, Spanish, 107 , 112
Isabel de Valois, third wife of Philip II, 79 , 86 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 112
Isabel of Portugal, empress, wife of Charles V, 11 , 12 -14, 125
Italy, Council of, 34 , 84
J
Jaén, 87
John I, king of Portugal, 8
John II, king of Castile, 8 , 63
John II, king of Portugal, 8
John III, king of Portugal, 11
John of the Cross (saint), 142
Juana, infanta , princess of Portugal, and regent of Spain (Philip's sister), 21 , 33 , 34 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 77 , 78 , 137
Juana, la Beltraneja (daughter of Henry IV of Castile), 8
Juan de Austria (son of Charles V), 123
juego de cañas , 20 , 182 n99
Julius II, pope, 9
juros , 25 , 28 , 37 -38, 68 , 86 , 87 , 136 , 142 , 144 -145, 148 , 186 n22, 212 n147
L
La Amendolea, 29 , 30 , 31 , 35 , 207 n103
La Cerda, Baltasar de, 30 , 141
La Cerda, Gaspar Gastón de, 30 , 31 , 35 , 141
La Cerda, Iñigo de, señor of Miedes and Mandayona, 25
La Cerda y Castro, Ana de, countess of Mélito, 25 , 29 , 30 , 31
La Chamusca, 7 , 8 , 9 -10
La Coruña, 39
La Cueva, Antonio de, 136
Lago Picholo, 82
La Palma, 37
La Puebla de Almenara, 24 , 26
Laredo, 67 , 70 , 75
Las Navas, Pedro Dávila y Córdoba, 2d marquis of, 42
L'Aubespine, Sebastien de, bishop of Limoges, 106 , 111 , 115 , 116
La Zarza, 141
Lemus, Mencia de, 24 , 167 n2
Leonor of Castile (consort of Manuel I of Portugal), 9
Lepanto, battle of, 147
Lerma, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, duke of, 17 , 64 , 156 , 165 n59
Limoges, bishop of. See L'Aubespine, Sebastien de
limpieza de sangre , 21 , 166 n86
Lisbon, 9 , 10 , 40
Llerena, 87
Loaysa, Cardinal García de, 18
London, 40 , 52
López de Gómara, Francisco, 18
López de Haro y Sotomayor, Diego, 81
López de Padilla, Gutierre, 60 , 68 , 76 , 104 , 126 , 183 n106, 194 n21
Lorraine, Christina, dowager duchess of, 54
Losilla, Juan de, 1 , 159 n7
Luna, Alvaro de, 63
Luna, Claudio Fernando de Quiñones, count of, 20
M
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 91 ;
The Prince , quoted, 89
Madrid, 1 , 11 , 14 , 23 , 82 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 117 , 120 , 130 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 140 , 141 , 143 , 146
maestresalas , 12
Malines, 76
Mandayona, 25 , 26 , 29
Manrique, Jorge, 123 , 150
Manrique de Lara, Juan, 60 , 105 , 106 , 131 , 197 n51, 200 n6
Mansfelt, Peter-Ernest, count of, 98
Manuel I, king of Portugal, 8 , 9 , 10 , 128
Manzanares (castle), 24
Mardones, Lope de, 207 n103
Margaret of Austria (daughter of Charles V), duchess of Parma, regent of the Netherlands, 134 , 135
María of Portugal, first wife of Philip, 14 , 16 , 165 n70
María of Portugal (subject of negotiations for marriage to Philip, 1553), 40
Martínez Siliceo, Juan, 17 , 18 , 120 ;
as archbishop of Toledo, 72 , 73 , 74
Mártir de Anglería, Pedro, 24
Mary of Hungary (Charles V's sister), 33 , 45 , 48 , 177 n38
Mary (Tudor), queen of England, 39 , 40 , 41 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 52 , 58 , 67 , 119
mayorazgo , 24 , 30 , 211 n145:
of Camarasa, 73 ;
of Francisco de Silva, 9 ;
of Mélito, 25 -26, 28 , 138 , 167 n5, 168 n12;
of Pastrana, 148 , 150 , 209 n119, 212 n147
Medellin, licenciado , 86
Medici, Catherine de', 79 , 80 , 86 , 128 , 136 , 204 n62
Medinaceli, Juan de la Cerda, 4th duke of, 42 , 117
Medinaceli, Luis de la Cerda, first duke of, 25
Medina del Campo, 150
Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 7th duke of, 146 , 147
Meléndez de Avilés, Pero, 75
Mélito, countess of. See Silva y Andrade, Catalina de, and La Cerda y Castro, Ana de
Mélito (Mileto), county of, 25 , 61 , 136 -137, 144 , 207 n103
Mélito, Diego de Mendoza, first count of, 24 -25, 26 , 29 , 30 , 168 n8
Mélito, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 2d count of (c.1515-1578), later first duke of Francavila and prince of Mélito, 22 , 23 , 26 , 27 , 33 , 87 , 91 , 98 , 116 , 137 -138;
administrative appointments and career, 33 -34, 36 , 171 n61;
benefits from daughter's marriage to RG, 29 , 31 , 33 -35, 170 n45, 171 n56;
challenges to succession as count, 29 -31;
personality, 33 , 34 , 137
Mélito, house of, 24 , 30 , 33 , 73 , 94 , 96 , 136 , 138
Mendoza, Cardinal Pedro Gónzalez de, archbishop of Seville and Toledo, grand chancellor of Castile, 24 , 94
Mendoza, family:
and marriage of RG and Doña Ana, 22 , 32 -33;
ideology of, 94 ;
relationship with RG, 57 , 71 , 94 , 95 -96, 141 , 181 n90, 187 n33
Mendoza, Francisco de, admiral of the galleys, 141
Mendoza, Juan Hurtado de, 40
Mendoza, Pedro González de (son of RG and Doña Ana), 87 , 147 , 211 n146. See also Silva, Fernando de
Mendoza y Bobadilla, Cardinal Francisco de, archbishop of Burgos, 108
Mendoza y de la Cerda, Ana de (1540-1592), wife of Ruy Gómez de Silva, princess of Eboli, duchess of Pastrana, 27 , 86 , 96 , 141 , 142 , 150 , 152 ;
birth and childhood, 26 ;
described, 27 ;
dowry, 29 , 35 -36;
marriage to RG, 22 -23, 26 -28, 31 -32;
married life and children, 87 -88, 136 , 137 -138, 146 -148;
prospects of, 22 , 24 , 27 , 87 , 137 -138;
as RG's widow, 2 , 145 , 147
Mendoza y de la Cerda, Brianda de, countess of Concentaina, 27 , 85
Mendoza y de la Cerda, Iñigo de (later marquis of Almenara), 141 , 208 n105
Mendoza y de la Cerda, Mencia de, countess of Chinchón, 27
Mendoza y Pacheco, Bernardino de, 60 , 76
Mendoza y Pacheco, Diego Hurtado de (diplomat and writer, 1504-1575), 22 , 166 n89
Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro. See Meléndez de Avilés, Pero
Meneses, family, 9 , 10 , 161 n11
meninos , 11
Mérida, 87
Miedes, 25 , 26 , 29
Milan, 20 , 41 , 52 , 53 , 55 , 80 , 84 , 85 , 106 , 174 n10
Mileto, 136
Milio, Juan, 144
military orders:
Alcántara, 20 -21, 61 , 99 , 148 ;
Calatrava, 20 -21, 148 , 166 n81;
expropriations from, 141 , 142 ;
Montesa, grand master of, 108 ;
Santiago, 135 .
See also encomiendas
Mondéjar, Luis Hurtado de Mendoza, 2d marquis of, 71 , 96 , 116 , 141
Montigny, Floris de Montmorency, baron of, 98 , 130
Montmorency, Anne de, constable of France, 67 , 111
Monzón, 15
Moura, Cristóbal de, 124 , 125
Mühlberg, battle of, 15
N
Naples, 30 , 31
Naples, kingdom of, 24 , 25 , 29 , 41 , 52 , 55 , 81 , 105 , 117 , 143
Nes Pereyra, 8
Niebla, Leonor Manrique de Zúñiga y Sotomayor, countess of, 146
nobility:
governmental role of, 153 , 155 ;
privileges of, 3 , 92 , 107 , 152 ;
titles of, compared, 81 ;
and violence, 85
Noronha, Guiomar de (RG's maternal grandmother), 9 , 10
Noronha, María de (RG's mother), 7 , 9
O
Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, count-duke of, 17 , 165 nn59-60
Olivares, Pedro de Guzmán, first count of, 42 , 146
Orange, William of. See William of Nassau
Orders, Council of. See military orders
Ormaneto, Niccolò, bishop of Padua (papal nuncio), 2
Ortega y Gasset, José, 3
Osorio, Isabel, 16
Ossorio, Antonio, 104
P
Pacheco, Juan, 42
Pacheco Osorio de Toledo, Cardinal Francisco, 148
pacifism, and RG, 93 , 104 -105, 130 , 155
Paget, William, Lord Paget of Beaudesert, 67 , 181 n97, 186 n16
palabras de presente , 27 , 146
Paliano, Giovanni Caraffa, duke of, 102
Pangía (mill), 142
Paris, 79 , 80 , 107
Parma, Margaret, duchess of. See Margaret of Austria
Parma, Ottavio Farnese, duke of, 98
Pastrana, 1 , 141 , 142 , 145 , 146 , 148 , 150
Pastrana, Gregorio María de Silva Mendoza y Sandoval, fifth duke of, 156
Pastrana, house of, 3 , 23 , 87 , 156
Pastrana, Rodrigo de Silva y Mendoza, 4th duke of, 86 , 156
Paul IV, pope, 67 , 68 , 72 , 73 , 102 , 105
Pembroke, William Herbert, earl of, 41
Pérez, Antonio, 1 , 18 , 93 , 122 , 124 , 125 , 149 , 153 , 159 n7;
on fortune, 5 , 138 -139, 151 ;
on privanza , 127 , 128 , 138 -139, 155 ;
and RG, 127 -128, 138 -140, 203 n54
Pérez, Gonzalo, 50 , 83 , 107 , 117
Pescara, Fernando Francisco Dávalos, marquis of, 39 , 42 , 85 , 174 n4
Philip II (1527-1598), king of Spain, 20 , 31:
accession of, 41 , 59 -60, 174 n10;
and Alba, 19 , 52 , 53 , 54 -55, 102 , 103 , 105 , 109 , 110 , 114 , 124 ;
and Albalate petition, 142 ;
birth of, 11 ;
and Charles V, 17 -18, 43 , 44 , 51 , 65 -66, 70 , 71 , 185 nn6,8;
and Don Carlos, 71 , 129 , 131 -133;
entrusts missions to RG, 15 , 40 , 67 -75, 77 -78, 79 -80, 107 ;
and Espinosa, 124 , 125 , 129 -130, 135 -136,
155 ;
extramarital affairs of, 16 -17, 165 n57;
and financial expedients, 68 , 69 , 72 , 75 , 76 -77;
government of, 42 , 46 , 48 , 55 , 58 -59, 60 -61, 62 , 82 -83, 85 , 97 , 108 -110, 114 -115, 116 , 117 , 128 -131, 135 -136, 142 , 149 , 153 -156, 181 n97;
and Granvelle, 44 -45, 62 , 124 ;
and great nobles, 19 , 97 -98, 99 , 106 -107, 111 , 113 -114, 152 , 154 ;
households of, 11 -12, 15 -16, 41 , 103 ;
as matchmaker for RG, 19 , 22 , 27 -28, 29 ;
mercedes to RG, 15 , 19 , 28 , 37 -38, 61 , 80 -82, 86 , 87 , 98 , 107 , 109 , 117 , 145 , 148 , 149 , 153 , 156 ;
national predilections of, 45 , 66 , 99 , 104 , 124 -125, 163 n40;
and the Netherlands, 49 , 104 , 105 , 130 -131, 135 ;
personality and character of, 16 -18, 51 -52, 53 , 62 , 64 -66, 70 , 105 , 110 , 114 , 123 -125, 128 , 134 , 149 , 154 , 155 -156;
as regent, 15 , 17 , 19 , 33 , 73 ;
relationship with RG, 16 -19, 51 , 57 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 88 , 91 , 92 , 97 , 103 , 110 , 116 , 123 -126, 133 -135, 136 , 148 -150, 151 , 153 -154, 177 n53;
and RG's death, 1 , 2 ;
and rivalry between Alba and RG, 103 , 104 , 109 , 111 , 113 -115, 117 , 128 -129, 130 -131, 135 , 152 ;
and royal power, 152 , 154 -157;
ruling style of, 64 -66, 83 , 103 , 113 -114, 123 -125, 134 -135, 149 , 154 -156, 191 n67
Philip II (1527-1598), king of Spain, marriages:
to María of Portugal, 14 -15;
to Mary Tudor, 39 , 40 , 41 , 46 -47, 48 , 67 , 173 n3;
to Isabel de Valois, 79 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 111
Philip III, king of Spain, 17 , 64 , 154 , 155 -156
Philip IV, king of Spain, 17 , 154
Picardy, 97
Pimentel, Juan de, 80
Pius IV, pope, 74
Praet, Louis de, 48
privanza , 32 , 63 -64, 66 , 68 , 77 -78, 80 -81, 88 , 112 -113, 114 , 115 , 127 -128, 152 ;
as quasi-ministerial status, 153 , 155
procuradores , of Castilian cortes , 132
protocol, ceremonial, 106 -107
R
Rapolla, 29 , 30 , 31 , 35
reguengos , 8
Renard, Simon, 40 , 45 , 46 , 58
Requesens, Luis de, 12 , 162 n30
Robles, Gaspar de, seigneur de Billy, 135
Rodrigues, Joan, 85 -86
Rojas, Antonio de, 16
Rome, 60 , 84 , 135
Rotundas, 35
Rubo, battle of, 25
S
Sacedón, 35
St. Quentin, battle of, 75 , 76
Saint-Sulpice, Jean Ebrard, seigneur de, ambassador of France, 17 , 83 , 129 , 131 , 143 , 144
Salamanca, 14
Salazar y Castro, Luis de, 7 , 9 , 11 , 27 , 73
Salerno, 81
Samano, Juan de, 28
San Cristóbal, 37
San Lorenzo, 29 , 30
Sanseverino, family, 168 n6
Sanseverino, Jacopo, 25
Santa Cruz, 37
Santander, Agustín de, 69
Santarém, 7 , 8 , 10
Santillana, Iñigo López de Mendoza, first marquis of, 24 , 25
Savoy, Emmanuel Philbert, duke of, 52 , 53 , 54 , 60 , 62 , 86 , 98 , 123 , 147
Sebastian, king of Portugal, 133
secretaries, in Habsburg administration, 50 , 60 -61, 64 , 95 , 114 , 149 , 153 , 154
Segovia Woods (Bosque de Segovia), 130 , 142
Segura de la Sierra, 87
Semenara, duke of, 98
Sessa, duke of (1535; Luis Fernández de Córdoba?), 12
Sessa, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, 3d duke of, 80 , 83 , 85 , 98 , 106 , 197 n51
Seville, 11 , 68 , 69
Sforza, Bonna, dowager queen of Poland, 102 , 103
Siena, 22
Sigüenza, diocese of, 26 , 135
Siliceo. See Martínez Siliceo, Juan
Silva, family, 7 , 11 ;
arms of, 10
Silva, Fernando de (son of RG and Doña Ana; later renamed Pedro González de Mendoza), 147 -148
Silva, Francisco de (RG's father), 7 , 9 , 10 , 85
Silva, Hernando de (younger brother of RG), governor of Asti, 85
Silva, Juan de (grandfather of RG), 8 -9
Silva, Juan de (RG's older brother), 9
Silva, Ruy Gómez de (1516-1573), prince of Eboli, first duke of Pastrana, 17 , 118 -119, 160 n3;
and adelantamiento of Cazorla, 73 -74;
and Alba, 43 , 52 , 53 , 54 -58, 62 , 69 , 75 , 93 -97, 101 -106,
Silva, Ruy Gómez de (continued )
111 -112, 114 -115, 116 , 117 , 130 -131, 135 , 180 n85, 181 n95;
ambitions of, 3 , 57 -58;
ancestors of, 7 -11;
as biographical subject, 7 , 151 , 160 n1;
birth of, 7 , 9 , 161 n14;
and Charles V, 15 , 36 -37, 50 , 70 -72, 74 , 78 , 178 n54;
as contador mayor , 61 , 63 , 68 , 76 , 77 , 82 , 86 , 109 , 143 , 144 ;
as count of Mélito, 34 -35, 81 , 87 , 136 -137, 207 n103;
and court factions, 57 -58, 93 -97, 104 -105, 114 -115, 130 -131, 181 n90, 197 n51;
courtly style of, 118 -128, 139 , 140 , 151 -152, 156 ;
death of, 1 -2, 149 , 150 , 159 n7;
dependent status of, 21 , 50 , 57 , 79 , 91 -92, 93 , 108 , 136 , 138 , 145 -146, 152 ;
described, 17 , 118 -119;
as diplomat, 40 , 42 , 67 , 78 -79, 121 , 173 n2;
and donativo , 72 -73, 74 -75;
and Don Carlos, 71 -72, 77 -78, 129 , 131 -133, 134 ;
and duchy of Pastrana, 113 , 140 -143, 144 , 145 -146, 148 , 150 ;
early years of, 9 -11, 12 -14;
education of, 120 -121, 201 n25;
on the English, 41 , 42 ;
and Eraso, 36 -37, 45 , 49 -51, 109 -110, 117 , 129 , 178 n59;
and Espinosa, 130 , 135 -136, 212 n154;
in government, 43 , 52 , 60 -61, 62 , 63 , 66 , 68 , 77 -78, 82 -83, 85 , 109 -110, 112 -113, 117 , 134 -135, 149 , 150 , 153 , 155 ;
and great nobles, 98 , 99 -100, 101 , 106 -107, 108 , 110 -112, 113 , 133 , 146 , 147 , 150 ;
as horseman and hunter, 17 , 119 -120, 201 n23;
household positions of, 12 -14, 15 -16, 122 , 182 n101;
illnesses of, 102 , 111 , 112 ;
imprisoned, 13 , 107 ;
income of, 12 -13, 37 , 61 , 82 , 86 -87, 136 , 137 , 142 -143, 145 , 207 n103;
linguistic skills of, 58 , 120 -121, 202 n28;
marriage negotiations and contract, 19 , 21 -23, 26 -28, 33 -36, 166 n89;
married life and children of, 87 -88, 136 , 137 -138, 146 -148;
mercedes received, 15 , 19 , 20 , 37 -38, 61 , 80 -82, 86 , 87 , 136 , 145 , 148 , 149 ;
and military orders, 20 -21, 61 , 86 , 99 , 148 ;
missions on Philip's behalf, 15 , 40 , 52 , 67 -75, 77 -78, 79 -80, 107 ;
official travels of, 20 , 40 , 117 , 119 , 212 n154;
as patron and broker at court, 50 -51, 82 -86, 99 , 106 , 117 , 133 , 143 , 147 , 170 n45, 179 n67, 187 n33, 195 n22, 197 n51;
personality of, 36 -37, 38 , 121 -122, 123 -124, 125 -128, 134 -135, 144 -145, 204 n62;
and Philip's amours, 16 , 17 , 47 , 165 n57;
and Philip's succession, 43 , 46 -49, 51 , 54 , 59 , 60 -61, 71 ;
political views of, 93 -94, 96 -97, 98 -99, 104 -105, 125 -126, 130 -131, 151 -152, 155 ;
possible financial improprieties of, 133 , 143 -145, 155 ;
as prince of Eboli, 80 -81, 107 ;
relationship with Philip II, 7 , 16 -19, 38 , 49 -50, 51 , 57 , 62 , 63 -64, 66 , 77 -78, 80 -81, 83 , 88 , 91 -92, 105 , 112 -114, 122 -128, 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 -135, 136 , 140 , 146 , 148 -150, 151 , 155 , 165 n59, 177 n53;
requests p preferment, 36 -37, 38 , 99 , 103 , 106 , 136 ;
retreat from prominence, 112 -113, 116 , 121 , 199 n84;
rise into aristocracy, 3 , 92 , 113 , 140 , 146 -148, 150 , 154 , 156 -157;
service to relatives, 85 -86, 137 , 147 ;
his status at court, 13 -14, 20 , 32 , 39 , 59 , 60 , 62 , 63 , 78 , 82 -83, 84 , 86 , 88 , 93 , 97 -98, 101 , 106 -107, 110 -113, 117 , 128 -136, 148 -150, 153 -154;
as sumiller de corps , 16 , 51 , 61 , 63 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 122 , 199 n84;
titles of, 19 , 34 , 61 , 73 , 80 -81, 107 , 146 , 148 , 211 n141;
in tournaments and fetes, 14 -15, 20 , 21 , 59 , 119 ;
xenophobic attitudes toward, 98 , 107 , 111 , 112 , 129 , 133 , 204 n62
Silva y Andrade, Catalina de, countess of Mélito, 22 , 26 , 27 , 137 , 138
Silva y Mendoza, Ana de (daughter of RG and Doña Ana), duchess of Medina Sidonia, 87 , 146
Silva y Mendoza, Ana de, princess of Eboli. See Mendoza y de la Cerda, Ana de
Silva y Mendoza, Diego de (son of RG and Doña Ana, d. in infancy), 87
Silva y Mendoza, Diego de (son of RG and Doña Ana), 2d duke of Francavila, 87 , 147 , 148
Silva y Mendoza, Rodrigo de (son of RG and Doña Ana), 2d duke of Pastrana, 87 , 147 , 148
Silva y Mendoza, Ruy Gómez de (son of RG and Doña Ana), first marqués de la Eliseda and count of Galve, 87 -88, 147 , 211 n145
Silvera, Count Luys de, 128
social mobility, 7 , 91 , 92 , 150 , 151 , 156 -157
Soranzo, Giovanni, Venetian ambassador, 133
Soria, marquis of, 108
Sousa, family, 8
Spanish Guard, of Philip II, 99
State (Estado ), Council of, 34 , 56 , 57 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 66 , 82 , 93 , 104 , 106 , 109 , 114 ,
130 -131;
membership of, 60 , 108 , 154 , 183 n105
Sternberg, Peter, 76
subsidio , 68 , 72
Sulmona, prince of, 108
sumiller de corps , 2 , 15 , 19 , 80 ;
duties described, 16 , 122 ;
income of, 61 , 183 n110
Suriano, Michele, Venetian ambassador, 76 , 99 , 101 , 102 , 105 , 106 , 114
T
Tagus (Tajo) river, 7 , 10 , 140 , 142
Tajuña (river), 140
Tamajón, 35
Tangier, 8
Tavera, Cardinal Juan de, archbishop of Toledo, president of the Council of Castile, 12 -13, 18
Tellez de Meneses, Ruy (RG's grandfather), 9 , 10 -11
Tenerife, 37
tercias , 24 , 26 , 37 , 141 , 142 , 167 n5
Tereas de Avila (saint), 86 , 142
Tiepolo, Antonio, Venetian ambassador, 83 , 118 , 145 , 155
Tiepolo, Paolo, Venetian ambassador, 108 , 109 , 111 , 112 , 113
Toledo, 26 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 82 , 108 , 111 , 119
Toledo, Antonio de, grand prior of León, caballerizo mayor , 40 , 60 , 98 , 117 , 119
Toledo, family, 57 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 105 , 117 , 181 n90
Toledo, García de, 84 , 117
Toledo, Teresa de, 19
Toro, 21
tournaments and fetes, 14 -15, 20 , 59 , 79 , 107 , 119
trinchantes , 12
Turin, 85
U
Ulme, 8 , 9
V
Valdaracete, 141 , 142 , 143 , 144
Valdés, Fernando de, archbishop of Seville and inquisitor general, 18 , 74 -75
Valencia, 85
Valencia, kingdom of, 24 , 25
validos/valimiento , 17 , 64 , 154 , 156
Valladolid, 11 , 14 , 15 , 30 , 34 , 68 , 70 , 71 , 74 , 75 , 80 , 99 , 119
Vargas, Diego de, 47 , 57 , 84 , 85
Vargas, Juan, 117
Vaucelles, Truce of, 67
Vázquez de Leca, Mateo, 124 , 125 , 149 , 159 n7
Vega, Juan de, 71
Velada, Gómez Dávila, 2d marquis of, 19
Velasco, Antonio de, 75
Venice, senate of, 63 , 112 , 133 , 145
Veragua, Luis Colón, duke of, 108
Verdugo (mill), 142
Vesalius, Andreas, 79 , 80
Viglius van Aytta of Zwichem, J., 79
Villahermosa, Martín de Gurrea y Aragón, duke of, 98
Villanueva, marquis of, 99
Villena, marquisate of, 37 , 86 , 87
W
William of Nassau, the "Silent," prince of Orange, 16 , 17 , 79 , 98 , 107
Winchester, 41
X
Xerez de Badajoz, mines of, 15
Y
Yuste, 70 , 71 , 72 , 74
Z
Zamora, 8
Zaragoza, 34
Zorita de los Canes, 141 , 142 , 163 n35
Zúñiga, Juan de, 11 -12, 13 , 14 , 17 , 18