When Garcí Bravo assumed the role of Alcaide of Atienza Castle, he relocated with his entire family, bringing along his wife, children, and sons-in-law.

During the Castilian War of Succession, Diego’s father-in-law, Garcí Bravo de Lagunas, Alcaide of Atienza, played a pivotal role in securing the city of Sigüenza for Queen Isabella.

Following the city's restoration to the Catholic Monarchs, Garci Bravo de Lagunas assumed the role of Alcaide of Sigüenza maintaining a prominent position in the castle of Atienza.

[11][12] According to genealogical proofs provided by his descendant García de Medrano y Castejón, this branch of the family not only owned the entailed estate and fortress of San Gregorio but also possessed 15,000 sheep.

[13] Educated at the University of Salamanca in Civil and Canon Law, the Medrano family prepared for roles as corregidores, judges, and advisors to the Crown’s Councils.

[14] The Medrano family later established themselves in Daimiel, holding positions as high mayors, governors, and chief justices of the Order of Calatrava.

Upon inspection, we confirmed that they are among the most distinguished houses in this town, located in the Pradillo de las Franciscas ... We documented this as part of our inquiry and signed accordingly.

The title of Count of Torrubia was granted on August 29, 1694, to his son García de Medrano y Mendizábal, a knight of the Order of Calatrava and lord of San Gregorio.

[2][27] Diego López de Medrano chose to build a solid square house with a coat of arms, a central courtyard, defended with a barrier, part of which still exists, along with battlements on its walls, and round towers on three of its corners that still retain the stone-carved gargoyles and the artillery tubes from the 15th century.

[28] Later, under the protection of his son Don Francisco de Medrano, a Dominican convent was founded in the 16th century, giving up a house and a estate for its establishment.

[21] The church, attached to the Castle of San Gregorio, has a Latin cross plan and has a central nave with tiercerons, a wide dome and a beautiful portal.

After her husband's death, Magdalena was received as the Lady of the Queen's Palace, with her daughter Catalina de Medrano, the latter appearing constantly within the retinue of the king.

[34] They had numerous children:[1] Lucio Marineo Siculo, chaplain and royal chronicler of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, wrote a letter to Diego's daughter Luisa de Medrano, the first female professor in Europe and Spain at the University of Salamanca.

You, my dearest girl, owe much to the Almighty God, who has bestowed great talents upon you, and also to your parents, who have not assigned you to the ordinary duties of women, nor to the unpleasant toils of the body, which are quickly destroyed, but have freed you for the pursuit of the most illustrious studies and arts, and have consecrated you to eternal memory.

Together, they had two sons: Diego López de Medrano y Vinuesa, Lord of San Gregorio, was the mayordomo mayor (High Steward) to Empress Isabel, wife of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

[4] On 21 May 1550, Diego López de Medrano, a resident and regidor of Soria and Lord of the house of San Gregorio, pursued a legal case against the council of Gallinero.

Diego sought to overturn a ruling by Alcalde Fernando de Villaseñor, which had declared that the estate was not responsible for a 1,408-ducat censo (census-based loan) or its interest.

[32][40] On 1 September 1552, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issued the Carta Ejecutoria de Hidalguía to confirm the noble status of the Medrano family.

It also contains copies of earlier documents issued in the names of the Countess Juana Pimentel, King Henry III, Álvaro de Luna, and others.

[41] As a knight, Don Diego López de Medrano and his father in-law Garcí Bravo died in the Queen's service at the Siege of Málaga in June 1487.

Juan Bravo's wife Catalina Núñez de Cienfuegos, on the occasion of the death of her husband and son-in-law in that action, received a heartfelt letter of condolences and gratitude from the Catholic Monarchs on June 7, 1487.

[34] Mosén Diego de Valera writes about this battle: "And the Christians had received very great damage at the beginning and more than fifty of them were killed and others wounded.