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Antonio Manrique de Lara, 2nd Duke of Nájera (? - Navarrete, December 13 1535) was a Spanish noble and military, and Viceroy of Navarre between 1516 and 1521.
He was the second son of Pedro Manrique de Lara, captain general of Army of Navarre and capitán general de la Frontera de Aragón, Navarra y Jaén. His mother was Guiomar de Castro.
His father was named 1st Duke of Nájera by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile on August 30 1482. Antonio became second Duke in 1515, when his father died.
In 1519 he was made a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece by Charles I of Spain.
In 1520 he participated in the repression of the Revolt of the Comuneros and in 1521 he defeated the French in the Siege of Logroño, and the Battle of Noáin.