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The House of Zúñiga is a Spanish Noble Lineage composed of the descendants of the kings of Navarre of the House of Pyrenean, who took the name from its domain by last name and whose outstanding members were distinguished in the service of the Spanish Crown in Europe and the Americas as viceroys, governors, military, diplomats, writers and members of religious orders. Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Spain (Carlos I) awarded 1520 with the nobility title of Spanish Immemorial Grandee the II duke of Béjar and Plasencia and also the III count of Miranda del Castañar. Charles V and his heirs - sovereigns heads of the burgundy Order of the Golden Fleece - invested in total eight members of the House of Zúñiga. (Text translated from Wikipedia-Spanish version of January 2012 (Casa de Zúñiga )) ==Roots and Origin== The lineage of the House of Zúñiga is of Navarre origin (Basque Country), and proceeds by legitimate direct descendant of male of Eneko Ximenez ''Aritza'' (''the Oak'' in the bask own language, Euskera), known as Iñigo Arista, first king of Pamplona (824-852 A.D.), which was at that time the Kingdom of Navarre. King Iñigo Arista was a descendant of the noble ''House of Enneco'', natives of Basque Country, well known from Roman times.〔Menéndez Pidal, Tomo VII, Vol. 2, Pág. 42-43〕 The trunk of Zúñiga's lineage is twice descendant of the kings of Navarre of the House of Pyrenean. The first comes from the prince Lope Fortunes, son of Fortun Garces ''the Monk'', king of Navarre, and the second from the prince Alonso, son of Garcia V Ramirez ''the Restorer'', as well king of Navarre.〔Cátedra, Pág. 18 citation from http://es.wikipedia.org José Pellicer de Ossau Salas y Tovar "Crónica de la gran Casa de Zúñiga, derivada dos veces de la Real de Navarra...", dedicada al IX duque de Béjar y Plasencia〕〔Vilar y Pascual, Págs. 471-473〕〔Piferrer, Tomo III, Pág. 52〕 Sancho Iñiguez (1040-1110) was ''alférez mayor'' (''hereditary court office doing by high nobility, kings banner bearer and high military commander'') of Alfonso I Sanchez ''the Warrior'', king of Aragón and Navarre, and he was the lord of the estate and valley of Stunica (today Zúñiga / Estuniga), located in the district of Estella (Navarre, Spain). He was the first of the lineage, who called himself ''Sancho Iñiguez de Stunica'' at the beginning of the 12th century.〔Vilar y Pascual, Pág. 472〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「House of Zúñiga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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