Background
Pedro was the son of María Francisca de Silva Mendoza Gutiérrez de los Ríos and Miguel de Toledo y Pimentel.
Pedro was the son of María Francisca de Silva Mendoza Gutiérrez de los Ríos and Miguel de Toledo y Pimentel.
He was the 12th Duke of the Infantado and the first non-member of the House of Mendoza to hold the title. He also held title over the Dukedoms of Távara, Lerma and Pastrana, which had become associated with the Dukedom of the Infantado throughout the ages. Pedro was known throughout his life as a big supporter of the enciclopedista tradition, or a contemporary Spanish movement that promoted the ideas of republicanism and democracy and sought to irradiate public ignorance and to establish natural liberty of manitoba
