Alfonso Carillo de Acuña

Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña (Carrascosa del Campo, 1410 – Alcalá de Henares, 1 July 1482) was a Spanish politician and Roman Catholic archbishop.

His father was Lope Vázquez de Acuña, head of the Honrado Concejo de la Mesta and descendent of a noble Portuguese family. His mother was Teresa Carrillo de Albornoz, a native of Carrascosa del Campo whose ancestors had included clergy. He was educated under his uncle, cardinal Alfonso Carrillo de Albornoz. On Albornoz's fall from power, in 1434, Carrillo was made protonotary apostolic by pope Eugene IV, entering the royal court of John II of Castile. He was a hugely influential figure in the court of John II (1406–1454), Henry IV (1454–1474) and with the Catholic Monarchs. On the execution of the royal favourite Alvaro de Luna in 1453, Carrillo raised Juan Pacheco, marchese di Villena, the favourite of the new king Henry IV and diplomat to France for him, rising to great power and overcoming many nobles. His greed and ambition led him to oppose the king from the moment in which he chose to change his favourite, turning away Pacheco and promoting Beltrán de la Cueva and his Mendoza allies, sworn enemies of Carrillo.

He was made bishop of Sigüenza in 1436 then archbishop of Toledo in 1446. He was made a pseudocardinal deacon of Sant'Eustachio in the consistory of 12 April 1440, but declined the promotion From 1462 Carrillo was the main instigator of the noble Castilian faction which wanted to depose the king and replace him with his half-brother, the infant Alfonso, and he was a highly active participant in the Farce of Avila. This began a long and bloody civil war in Castille.

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