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Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana
1398Aug, 19

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1458)
Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega, 1st Marquess of Santillana (19 August 1398 – 25 March 1458) was a Castilian politician and poet who held an important position in society and literature during the reign of John II of Castile.

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