Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Guadalajara

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: City of the Mendoza, Dukes of the Infantado

Seat of the Mendoza family, Dukes of the Infantado from 1475, it saw in their palace the royal weddings of Felipe II and Isabel de Valois in 1559 and of Felipe V and Isabel de Farnesio in 1714. In the 17th century the Mendoza moved their seat to Madrid and the city declined; in 1718 Felipe V set up the Real Fábrica de Paños, which closed in 1822. The division of 1833 made it capital of the province of Guadalajara, though the capital was fixed for good only in 1840.

What to see today

Iglesia de San Nicolás el Real (San Nicolás el Real): Church, 1647 to 1691
Concatedral de Santa María (Iglesia de Santa María de la Fuente la Mayor): Cathedral, c. 1501 to 1622
Capilla de Luis de Lucena: Church, c. 1541 to 1560
Palacio de Antonio de Mendoza (convento de la Piedad) (Palacio de Antonio de Mendoza): Palace, 16th century

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