Juan de Dios de Silva y Mendoza y Haro, 10th Duke of the Infantado

Juan de Dios de Silva y Mendoza y Haro (13 November 1672 – 9 December 1737), was a Spanish noble from the House of Mendoza. He was the 10th Duke of the Infantado, the 8th Duke of Lerma and the 6th Duke of Pastrana.

Family origins[]

Juan was the son of Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza (1649–1693), 9th Duke of the Infantado from whom he inherited the title, and his wife, Doña (1644–1693), daughter of Luis Méndez de Haro, the first minister of Philip IV of Spain and .^[1] He was a member of the powerful House of Mendoza which had controlled the Dukedom of the Infantado since its inception with Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa. The Mendoza family rose to power when it merged with the House of Lasso de la Vega through the marriage of Leonor Lasso de la Vega, the last direct member of that line, and Admiral Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, the admiral of Castile.

Spanish nobility
Preceded by Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza	Duke of the Infantado 1686–1693	Succeeded by María Francisca de Silva y Gutiérrez de los Ríos

References[]

^ "María de Haro y Guzmán - Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli". Retrieved 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[1] "María de Haro y Guzmán - Fundación Casa Ducal de Medinaceli". Retrieved 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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