Alonso Verdugo, 3rd Count of Torrepalma
Real Academia Española | |
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In office 10 June 1740 – 27 March 1767 | |
Preceded by | Jerónimo Pardo |
Succeeded by | Ignacio de Hermosilla |
Alonso Verdugo de Castilla (3 September 1706 in
Alcala la Real, province of Jaen – 27 March 1767 in Turin
, Italy) was a Spanish count, diplomat and poet.
Biography
He was the son of
Pedro I of Castile
(1334–1369).
He became the 3rd Count of Torrepalma in 1720, on the death of his father. He became a member of the
Maestranza de Caballeria of Granada aged 19, on 18 October 1725, and a Knight of the Order of Calatrava
in 1756, aged 50.
From 1740 to 1767, he was a member of the
Torino, Italy, then the capital of the Duchy of Savoy
.
He married in april 1753 María Francisca Dávila y Carrillo de Albornoz, granddaughter of the Duke of Montemar. They had no issue.[2]
References
- Real Academia Española(in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia
External links
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