page_title: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado
section_title: Construction of the New Castle of Manzanares el Real
hierarchical_section_title: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado / Construction of the New Castle of Manzanares el Real
caption_attribution_description: English: Castle of Manzanares el Real (Community of Madrid, Spain). Español: Castillo de Manzanares el Real (Comunidad de Madrid, España).
context_page_description: Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa, 1st Duke of the Infantado, or Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Suarez de Figueroa was a Spanish noble.
context_section_description: The old castle of Manzanares el Real was the residence of a part of the Mendoza family since the end of the 14th century. The old castle of Manzanares el Real belonged to one the 1st Duke's aunts, a powerful and ruthless (elder) step sister of his father Íñigo, a duchess named Aldonza de Mendoza(circa 1380–1435). Her mother was a member of the troublesome Royal bastards of the middle of the 14th century, the ubiquitous Enriquez family. When Aldonza died in 1435 the nephew, Íñigo, a Lasso de la Vega by his mother, and father of this 1st Duke, insisted over and over again to King Juan II of Castile, on becoming a count of what is now Manzanares el Real.
  In the last third of the 15th century, the House of Mendoza decided to build a new palatial castle, larger and more luxurious, more fitting for the economic and political influence achieved by this family. Diego started the works on the New Castle of Manzanares el Real in 1475, but it was his elder son who finished the works after his death.
  The castle is used now as a fancy place near Madrid for glamorous weddings, social events,  banquets and so on.
caption: The castle of Manzanares el Real
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