García de Medrano y Mendizábal, I Count of Torrubia[1] (b. Madrid, September 7, 1652 - d. March 3, 1695)[2] was a prominent noble from the house of Medrano, Lord of San Gregorio, alcalde of hijosdalgo in Valladolid (1675), supernumerary alderman of noble birth in the Royal Audiencia and Chancery of Valladolid (1675), oidor of Valladolid (1680), alcalde of Casa y Corte (1684), rector of the University of Salamanca, a knight of the Order of Calatrava, a member of the Council of Orders (1690) and a member of the Council and Chamber of His Majesty.

[4][3] His father García de Medrano y Alvarez de los Rios was a member of His Majesty's Council and Chamber, regent of Navarre and Seville, Lord of San Gregorio, professor at the University of Salamanca, knight of the Order of Santiago, a crime prosecutor in Valladolid, Judge of Valladolid, Minister of the Treasury, Minister of the Indies, perpetual regidor of the city of Soria and procurator of Cortes for it (1660), prosecutor of the Council of Castile, Minister of Inquisition and again counselor of Castile until his death.

[6] García de Medrano y Mendizábal completed his bachelor's degree and then enrolled in the major college of the Archbishop of Salamanca in 1671.

Four years later, he left the college and was appointed as a supernumerary alderman of noble birth in the Royal Audiencia and Chancery of Valladolid on August 31, 1675.

[7] The County of Torrubia is a Spanish noble title created by Royal Decree of 23 November 1692 by King Charles II of Spain, and granted by Royal Order on 29 August 1694, in favor of García de Medrano y Mendizábal, a Knight of the Order of Calatrava, Lord of San Gregorio.

He was succeeded by his son Joaquín de Medrano y Luján[5] (died in 1799), IV Count of Torrubia, V Marquess of Villamayor.

[4][13] His maternal grandparents were Gregorio López de Mendizábal, born in the town of Oñate and baptized in the parish of San Miguel (1590), knight of the Order of Santiago, who died as a councilor of Castile, and Teresa de Inzaurraga y Uribe, baptized in the town of Lekeitio, in the lordship of Biscay (July 9, 1606).

[3][4] Andrés de Medrano y Mendizábal, II Count of Torrubia[4] (b. Seville, November 5, 1654 - d. Madrid, December 22, 1720)[14] was a knight of the Order of Calatrava, a counselor and collegian of San Bartolomé, chief judge of Biscay (1676), oidor in Valladolid (1683), advisor of Finance (1693), of the Council of Castile (1697) and of its Chamber (1720).