Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Lord of Cañete
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Juan Hurtado de Mendoza y Guzmán, 3rd Lord and 1st Marquis of Cañete (died 1490) was a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 nobleman and military leader.

He was the son of Don
Don (honorific)
Don, from Latin dominus, is an honorific in Spanish , Portuguese , and Italian . The female equivalent is Doña , Dona , and Donna , abbreviated "Dª" or simply "D."-Usage:...

 Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Lord of Cañete and of his second wife Teresa de Guzmán. He was elevated to Marquis of Cañete
Marquis of Cañete
The Marquesses of Cañete are Spanish nobility and Grandees of Spain. The title was created by the Catholic Monarchs in 1490 and given to Juan Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Lord of Cañete....

 in 1490 by the Catholic Monarchs
Catholic Monarchs
The Catholic Monarchs is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. They were both from the House of Trastámara and were second cousins, being both descended from John I of Castile; they were given a papal dispensation to deal with...

, who did not know that he had died some days before.

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