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| Juan
García Álvarez
de Toledo
4th Conde de Oropesa (1550–1619) Biographical 4th Conde de Oropesa 1571–1619†, Grandee of Spain (life) 1577 3rd Conde de Deleytosa 8th Señor de Oropesa 1571–1619† 8th Señor de Tornavacas 1571–1619† 8th Señor de Jarandilla 1571–1619† Señor de Cebolla Señor de Cabañas 1571–1619† Señor de Belvis Señor de Almaraz Señor de Mejorada Señor de Segurilla Señor de Cervera Señor del Castillo de Villalba In 1573, Felipe II gave Juan the task of transferring the remains of Emperor Charles V from the Monastery of Yuste to San Lorenzo de El Escorial, and those of his sister, Infanta Doña Leonor, Queen of Portugal and France, from Mérida, where she lay, to the new monastery. On this journey, he demonstrated his liberal and generous spirit, for which reason the King commanded that he be honoured in his presence in 1577, making him a Grandee of Spain. He spent a large part of his life in his estates of Oropesa, caring for the welfare of his vassals and administering them with justice and generosity, to the point of having established a board or tribunal where all his subjects could present their complaints and decisions would be made according to justice, even if this was to the detriment of his own interests. The virtues of Juan went beyond the limits of his estates, and he became an example for all and a model of Christian knights. Place of birth: Oropesa Place of death: Jarandilla Son of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo and Beatriz de Monroy, he married Luisa Pimentel in 1570, and had issue: • Luisa, d.y. • Beatriz, †1599, married to Duarte de Portugal in 1596, and had issue |
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