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
Mencía was the daughter of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Cenete and María de Fonseca y Toledo. She married firstly Henry III of Nassau-Breda in 1524, and secondly to Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria in 1542.[1] The couple became renowned for their patronage in literary and artistic works.
References
- Perez-Toribio 2011, p. 74.
Sources
- Perez-Toribio, Montserrat (2011). "From Mother to Daughter: Educational lineage in the Correspondence between the Countess Palamos and Estafania de Requensen". In Cruz, Anne J.; Hernández, Rosilie (eds.). Women's Literacy in Early Modern Spain and the New World. Ashgate.
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External links
- Matty Klatter, Mendoza y Fonseca, Mencía de, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/MenciadeMendoza [13/01/2014]
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