Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola

Francisco Manso de Zuñiga y Sola (1587 – December 27, 1655) was the I Count of Hervías and a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Burgos (1640–1655), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cartagena (1637–1640), and as Archbishop of Mexico (1627–1634).

Biography Francisco Manso de Zuñiga y Sola was born in Cañas, La Rioja, Spain.

Siblings Francisco's sister María Magdalena Manso de Zúñiga y Sola, I Lady of Tabuerniga, married Antonio Velaz de Medrano y Mendoza, knight of the Order of Santiago, soldier in Naples and Sicily and magistrate in the towns of Malaga (1609–12) and Cuenca-Huete (1612–14). Francisco is the maternal uncle of Pedro Velaz de Medrano y Manso de Zúñíga, II Lord of Tabuérniga. Antonio Velaz de Medrano y Mendoza was the son of the noble Juan Vélaz de Medrano, and a lady from the House of Hurtado de Mendoza, daughter of Íñigo Hurtado de Mendoza.

His other siblings were Juan Manso de Zúñiga y Sola, who married Antonia Ambrosia de Salcedo y Vallejo; Pedro Manso de Zúñiga y Sola (1566–1610); Martín Manso de Zúñiga y Sola (1569–1630) and an advisor to his uncle, the bishop of Calahorra Pedro Manso de Zúñiga y Medrano, archdeacon of Bilbao. His brother successively became judge of the Court of Pamplona, of the Chancery of Granada, mayor of Casa & Corte, president of the Royal Court of Valladolid and president of the Council of Castile. Philip III granted him the title of patriarch of the West Indies and Pope Paul V granted him the archbishopric of Caesarea.