Ijar, Jaime Francisco Sarmiento de Silva

The son of Rodrigo Sarmiento de Silva Mendoza i Viljandrando de la Cerda (1600-1664), 8th Earl de Salinas, 9th de Ribadeo, de Villarubia and de los Ojos, Alencourt, and other titles combined with the dignity of the Duke de de Ihar, and Isabel Margarita Fernandez de Ijar y Castro Pinos (1603-1642), 13th lords and 4th duchess de Ijar, 5th duchess de Leser and de Allagg, and 7th countess de Belchite.

14th lord and 5th duke de Ijar, 6th duke de Leshera, 6th duke de Aljaga, Count de Belchite, 4th Earl de Walfochon, 3rd de Gimera, 9th de Salinas, 10 de Ribadeo, the 14th Viscount de Evolux, the 17th de Canet, the 14th de Ilya and the 3rd de Alcuerfaradat, the lord Baronius of Gison, Milani, Peramola, Peracola, Estacus and Rocafort, the prince de la Portella , the spiritual and secular lord of the cities of Villarubia and Los Ojos de Guadiana, Admiral of the Sea-Ocean ( Adelantado mayor del Mar Océano ), general of Cantabria, captain-general of Vitoria , permanent alcade of the fortresses of Pancorbo and Miranda de Ebro, patron and Generala th religious protector of the Augustinians , Franciscans and barefoot Carmelites in Spain, India and the Philippines, patron and seigneur of the Monastery of Our Lady, three times grand of Spain of the 1st class, ward nobleman of the king of Spain.

In 1642, he inherited maternal titles and possessions, in 1678 he was naturalized in Aragon by the decision of local Cortes .

The Great Cameraling of Aragon, Viceroy and General Captain of Aragon (1681–1692). One of his first events at this post was the laying on July 25, 1681 of the first stone in the foundation of the Nuestra Signora del Pilar Cathedral in Zaragoza .

October 9, 1687 granted Charles II to the Knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece .

In 1692 he became the first nobleman in the state of the queen.

1st wife (06/14/1654, Zaragoza): Ana Enriques de Almansa Inca Loyola (d. 03.17.1665), daughter of Juan Enriquez de Almansa Borja i Loyola, 8th marquise de Alcaníses and Oropes, Count de Almansa, and Ana Enriques de la Cueva

• Four children who die young

2nd wife (09/10/1668, Zaragoza): Mariana Pignatelli d'Aragona (d. 1681), daughter of Ettore IV Pignatelli , 6th Duke of Monteleone, and Giovanna Tagliavia d'Aragona Cortes, 5th Duchess of di Terranova

Children:

• Thomas Fernandez de Ihar (b. 07.16.1674, Zaragoza, d. The same year), 9th Earl de Ribadeo and Earl de Belchite
• Juan Petronil Silva Fernandez de Ijar (06.26.1669 - 04.04.1710), 6th Duchess de Ijar, etc. Husband 1) (12/05/1868): Fadrique de Silva i Portugal (1672-1700), 4 Marquis de Ornany; 2) (03.03.1701): Fernando Pignatelli (1654-1729), Duke de Ijar
• Diego , mind. minors
• Hector , mind. minors
• Manuela . Baptized in Zaragoza 04/19/1672. Husband: Prince di Mansikonovo
• Isabel Margarita Rosa de Silva i Ihar . Baptized June 4, 1473. The Queen of the Court After the death of her older sister, she married Fernando Pignatelli, Duke de Ijar. The marriage was concluded in Vienna with the participation of Emperor Charles VI
• Rose . Husband: Balthasar Soler Marradas, Count de Sallent and Marradas, Knight of the Order of Alcantara

3rd wife (09/28/1682): Teresa Pimentel y Benavides , Marquis de Javalkinto, daughter of Antonio Alfonso Pimentel, Duke de Benavente, and Isabela Francisco de Benavides, widow of Andrea Fabrizio Pignatelli , 7th Duke of Monteleone

Children:

• Francisco (b. 4.10.1683, Zaragoza), Count de Ribadeo and Belchite. Monk, knight of the Order of Calatrava and commander of Molinos and Lagunarrota. Mind. young
• Antonio Melchor

• Pinedo y Salazar J. de. Historia de la Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro. TI - Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1787. , p. 428-429

• Casaus Ballester, María José. La Casa Ducal de Hjar y Sus Enlaces Con Linajes Castellanos (Spanish) (2008). Circulation date May 13, 2019.