III Conde de Miranda del Castañar (Count of Miranda), presumed patron of Enríquez de Valderrábano and the dedicatee of Silva de Sirenas.
He was the son of Pedro de Zúñiga, II Conde de Miranda del Castañar [? - 10/5/1492] and Catalina de Velasco [? - 1496]
He married María Enríquez de Cárdenas y Enríquez [? - ?] and had five children:
1 Francisco, IV Conde de Miranda del Castañar (? - c. 1565)
2 Catalina (? - ?) who married Luis de Sandoval y Rojas, III Conde de Lerma (? - 1570) [with issue]
3 Teresa (? - ?) who married Pedro de Zúñiga, I Marqués de Aguilafuente (? - ?) [with issue]
4 Ana (? - ?) who married Juan Arias de Saavedra, III Conde del Castellar (? - 1580) [with issue]
5 Gaspar (1507 - 1571)
The Conde had his principal residence in Peñaranda del Duero and also in Valladolid