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Line 1: {{Short description\|15th-century Spanish knight and politician}} {{for\|the Spanish actor\|Álvaro de Luna (actor)}} {{family name hatnote\|Luna\|Fernández de Jarana\|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder \| name = Álvaro de Luna Line 26: He was introduced to the court as a [[page (occupation)\|page]] by his uncle Pedro V de Luna, [[Archbishop of Toledo]] in 1410. Álvaro soon secured a commanding influence over [[John II of Castile\|John II]], then a boy. During the [[Regent\|regency]] of King John's uncle [[Ferdinand I of Aragon\|Ferdinand]], which ended in 1412, he was not allowed to be more than a servant. When, however, Ferdinand was elected [[List of Aragonese monarchs\|king of Aragon]], and the regency was assumed by the king's mother, [[Catherine of Lancaster]], daughter of [[John of Gaunt]], and granddaughter of King [[Peter of Castile]], Álvaro became a very important person, the so-called "''contino''", or old friend of the King.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911\|inline=y\|wstitle=Luna, Álvaro de\|volume=17\|page=123}}</ref>{{Refn\|group=n.\|The ''Crónica del Halconero'' by {{ill\|Pedro Carrillo de Huete\|es}} hints a possible homosexual relation between the king and Álvaro de Luna.{{Sfn\|Hernández Amez\|2002\|p=258}}}} Álvaro de Luna married Elvira de Portocarrero in 1420.{{Sfn\|Rocha\|2015\|p=142}} They had no issue. In 1430, he married {{ill\|Juana Pimentel\|es}}, with whom he had two children.{{Sfn\|Rocha\|2015\|p=142}} == The King's favourite == Line 43: == Downfall == [[File:Colecta para sepultar el cadáver de don Álvaro de Luna, por Rodríguez de Losada.jpg\|thumb\|Sad end of Don Álvaro de Luna. Painting by [[José María Rodríguez de Losada]] (1826–1896)]] Queen Maria died under suspicious circumstances, pointing to Luna as the mastermind. Nevertheless, his power appeared to be thoroughly established. It was, however, based only on the personal affection of the King. The King's second wife, [[Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile\|Isabella of Portugal]], although her whole royal marriage was a product of Luna's arrangements, was soon offended by the immense influence of the Constable, and when the murder of the King's accountant Alfonso Pérez de Vivero was suspected to have been at Luna's orders, she urged her husband to free himself from thralldom to his favourite. In 1453, the King succumbed to his wife's demands; Luna was arrested, tried and condemned to death ~~in a process which was a mere parody of justice~~, and soon executed by beheading at [[Valladolid]] on 2 June 1453.<ref name="EB1911"/> == Marriage and issue == By his marriage with Juana Pimentel, Álvaro de Luna had two children~~, his legitimate heirs~~: * {{ill\|Juan de Luna y Pimentel\|es}}; married Leonor de Zuniga y Lara, daughter of the Duke of Béjar. * {{ill\|María de Luna y Pimentel\|es}}, the heiress after her brother's premature death. She married [[Íñigo López de Mendoza y Luna, 2nd Duke of the Infantado]]. Line 53: By Margarita Manuel, Álvaro de Luna had a [[natural son]]: * {{ill\|Pedro de Luna y Manuel\|es}}. He was eventually legitimised.{{Sfn\|López Villalba\|2014\|pp=244–245}} == See also == * [[Castilian Civil War of 1437–1445]] ==References== Line 61 ⟶ 65: ;Bibliography * {{Cite journal\|title=Mujer y santidad en el siglo XV: Álvaro de Luna y El Libro de las virtuosas e claras mugeres\|first=Vanesa\|last=Hernández Amez\|journal=Archivum: Revista de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras\|issn=0570-7218\|volume=52–53\|year=2002\|pages=255–288\|url=https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/RFF/article/view/104/103}} * {{Cite journal\|title=Ordenanzas señoriales y vida cotidiana en el comienzo de la Edad Moderna segoviana\|first=José Miguel\|last=López Villalba\|journal=Studia historica. Historia medieval\|issn=0213-2060\|issue=32\|year=2014\|volume=32\|pages=239–270\|url=https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/Studia_H_Historia_Medieval/article/view/shhme201432239270/12826\|doi=10.14201/shhme201432239270\|publisher=[[University of Salamanca\|Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca]]\|location=Salamanca\|doi-access=free}} * {{Cite journal\|title=Álvaro de Luna e os discursos políticos da Capela de Santiago\|first=Cinthia\|last=Rocha\|journal=Mirabilia Ars\|issue=2\|year=2015\|pages=140–183\|url=https://www.revistamirabilia.com/sites/default/files/ars/pdfs/02-07.pdf}} ==Further reading== {{Cite encyclopedia \|title=Luna, Alvaro de \|encyclopedia=Medieval Iberia : an encyclopedia \|publisher=Routledge \|location=New York \|last=Gerli \|first=E. Michael \|date=2003 \|editor-last=Gerli \|editor-first=E. Michael \|pages=520–521 \|isbn=0-415-93918-6 }} {{Cite book \|last=O'Callaghan, Joseph F.\|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1272494 \|title=A History of Medieval Spain \|publisher=Cornell University Press \|year=1975 \|isbn=0-8014-0880-6 \|location=Ithaca \|oclc=1272494 }} {{Cite web \|last=Palenzuela \|first=Vicente Angel Alvarez \|title=Alvaro de Luna \|url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/12479/alvaro-de-luna \|website=Real Academia de la Historia \|language=Spanish}} {{cite book \|last1=Round \|first1=Nicholas \|title=The Greatest Man Uncrowned: A Study of the Fall of Don Alvaro de Luna \|date=1986 \|publisher=Tamesis Books \|location=London \|isbn=0729302113}} Line 96 ⟶ 101: [[Category:Executed Spanish people]] [[Category:People executed by Spain by decapitation]] [[Category:Grand ~~Masters~~masters of the Order of Santiago]] [[Category:Spanish royal favourites]]