Juan Pacheco, favourite of Henry IV, and the Office of Corregidor of Jerez de la Frontera
Abstract
The promotion of don Juan Pacheco in the framework of the political changes and noble factions that characterized the first years of the reign of Henry IV: marquis of Villena and lord of diverse territories, recipient of royal income and grants, Pacheco was warden of Estepona and perpetual mayor of Jerez from 1456. He exercised his office by means of lieutenants, surrounding himself with a clientele of knights from Jerez, and unfurled an intelligent policy of concord with powerful noble lineages in the area (Cueva, Guzmán, Ponce de León) until the Andalusian political scene receded between the devolution of the tenancy of Estepona (1460), the seizure of Gibraltar (1462), and the beginning of the revolt against Henry IV (1464).
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