The son of this chivalrous knight and successor to his grandfather was Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, married first to Maria, daughter of Enrique II., King of Castille, and secondly to Eleanor de la Vega. His son, Inigo Lopez, was by his second wife. [Sidenote: The Poet Marquis of Santillana.] Inigo Lopez Hurtado de Mendoza was born in 1396. He served with distinction at the battle of Olmedo, and was created Marquis of Santillana in 1445. He was opposed to Alvaro de Luna, the famous Minister of Juan II. Born in the Asturias, the Marquis was a poet. Among his writings was a little _Serranilla_. Moza tan fermosa No vi en la frontera Como una vaquera De la Finojosa. En un verde prado De rosas y flores Guardando ganado Con otros pastores, La vi tan fermosa Que apenas creyera Que fuese vaquera De la Finojosa. TRANSLATION The sweetest girl without compare In all my days I’ve ever seen Was that young maid, so lithe and fair, On Finojosa’s frontier green. In pleasant shade of beech and pine A verdant meadow did appear; And here she watched the browsing kine With other girls, but none like her. By nature deck’d and well arrayed She looked like some bright Summer Queen; And not a common village maid Of Finojosa’s frontier green. But the chief poetical work of the Marquis of Santillana was the _Comedieta de Ponza_, founded on the story of a great sea-fight, near the island of Ponza, in 1435, between the Aragon fleet and the Genoese. At the request of King Juan II. he also made a _collection of proverbs_ for his son Enrique IV. This was the earliest collection of proverbs made in modern times. [Sidenote: Children of the Marquis of Santillana.] The noble poet married Catalina Suarez de Figueroa, daughter of Don Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa, Lord of Feria and Zafra. The Marquis died in 1454, leaving ten children:-- 1. Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, first Duke of Infantado. 2. Don Pedro Laso de Mendoza, married to Ines Carillo, Lady of Mondejar. They had two daughters:-- 1. Maria, married to the second Count of Tendilla. 2. Catalina, married to Luis de la Cerda, Duke of Medina Celi. 3. Don Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, first Count of Tendilla, of whom we treat. 4. Don Lorenzo de Mendoza, first Count of Coruña. 5. Don Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza, Archbishop of Toledo and Cardinal. 6. Don Juan de Mendoza, Lord of Colmenar. 7. Don Pedro de Mendoza, Lord of Sazedon. 8. Doña Mencia, wife of Don Pedro de Velasco, Count of Haro, Constable of Spain. 9. Doña Maria, married to Don Ajan de Ribero. 10. Doña Eleanor, wife of Gaston de la Cerda, second Count of Medina Celi, representative of the eldest son of Alfonso X. and therefore rightful King of Spain; the reigning family descending from the second son, the usurper Sancho.