Mencía de Mendoza

Mencía de Mendoza y Fonseca (30 November 1508 - 4 January 1554) was a Dutch culture patron. She was a leading figure of the Renaissance in the Netherlands and known for her progressive opinions of the education of women.

Mencía de Mendoza

Life

She was the daughter of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Cenete and María de Fonseca y Toledo and married in 1524 to Henry III of Nassau-Breda and in 1541 to Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria, the eldest and surviving son of king Frederick IV of Naples.

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