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Zuñiga y Acevedo Fonseca, Alonso de

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Alonso de Zuñiga y Acevedo Fonseca 1496 Santiago de Compostela 1559 M P0951

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
vihuela Administrator (individual) Nobility Court - noble Patron

Years active Place active Century Region
16cent/1/early Castilla
Biographical information

Alonso de Zúñiga y Acevedo Fonseca was born around 1495 and died in 1559 in the castle of Monterrey in Verín (Orense). He was a noble from one of the leading noble families of the period, the Casa de Zúñiga. He was III Count of Monterrey, Lord of Biedma, Ulloa, of the house of Ribera, Principal verger of Santiago, and Adelantado Mayor of Cazorla. He served Charles V, accompanying him to his coronation in Bologna and he built the palace of Monterrey in Salamanca. He is presumably the Count of Monterrey whose estates in Galicia were administered by Alonso Pisador, the father of Diego. His book of Hours (preserved in El Escorial) includes a miniature of an angel playing a vihuela

(Drawn from Wikipedia: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Zúñiga_y_Acevedo_Fonseca, accessed 27/3/14)

Related persons
Alonso Pisador was his administrator


Source documents
Date Document
1400-1499/ca Book of Hours of Alonso de Zúñiga.


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