The Lordship del Castillo del Carpio (Sp: Señorio del Castillo de Carpio or the Señorio del Carpio) was a Spanish title of nobility established in 1325 by García Méndez de Sotomayor.[1] The title lends its name to the House of Carpio.
History
The lands consisting of the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio were conquered by King Ferdinand III of Castile in 1240 as a part of the larger Reconquista. Part of the lands conquered in Ferdinand III's Alcocer (Al-Qusayr) campaign were granted to one of the families that assisted in the campaign, namely the Meléndez or the House of Méndez de Sotomayor. By 1325, Garcia Méndez de Sotomayor managed to unite the lands granted to his family and built a tower at El Carpio to be used as the center of government for his lands. The tower was completed in 1325 which is also the date associated with the founding of the Señorio del Castillo de Carpio.
It is unclear whether the first Marques of Caprio was in fact Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor. Some sources record Diego López as the I Marques[3] and others record Diego López' father Luis Méndez de Haro y Sotomayor as the I Marques.[4] What does appear clear is that Luis Méndez was indeed the 9th Señor del Carpio inheriting the title from his parents and that his son Diego López was also the Marques. Whether the title was conferred upon the 9th or 10th Señor del Carpio appears to be the main question. Luis Méndez inherited the Señorio del Carpio from his mother Beatriz Portocarrero Cárdenas in 1528 according to Margarita Cabrera Sánchez.[4] If the date of the upgrade to a Marquesado is accurately put at 1559, it would seem that the first Marques of Carpio was indeed Diego López de Haro y Sotomayor, which is supported by the Real Academia de la Historia.[1]
Title holders
This list is based on one single source which is contradicted by other sources. As such, it may be incomplete, inaccurate or missing persons.
^ ab"CARPIO" (in Spanish). Grandesp. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
^ abCabrera Sánchez, Margarita. "El Señorío de El Carpio en el Siglo XV"(PDF). helvia.uco.es (in Spanish). Aragón en la Edad Media 14-15 (1), 227-242 (1999). Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Historia Medieval, Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas y Estudios Árabes e Islámicos. p. 235. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
^ abcdefghiGuevara y Váldes, Eduardo Pardo de (2005). Actas de la XI Reunión Americana de Genealogía [Acts of the 11th American Reunion of Genealogy] (in Spanish). Instituto Padre Sarmiento de Estudios Gallegos (Santiado de Compostela). Xunta, Galacia: Editorial CSIC – CSIC Press. pp. 461–466. ISBN8400083369. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
