Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque

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Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque (in full, Spanish: Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y Mendoza, segundo duque de Alburquerque, segundo conde de Ledesma, segundo conde de Huelma, señor de los estados de Cuéllar, Mombeltrán y Pedro Bernardo) (25 August 1467 – 4 June 1526) was a Spanish nobleman.

He was the son of Don

Ferdinand V of Castile in the Wars of Granada
along with his father.

He married before January 1485 Dona Francisca Alvarez de Toledo, daughter of

Pedro Fajardo y Chacón Manrique de Lara, 1st Marquess of los Vélez
.

He was the paternal grandfather of the 1st Marquess of Cuéllar in 1562, Don Francisco de la Cueva y Téllez-Girón, Alvarez de Toledo y de la Vega.

Sources

  • "Castillo de Cuéllar" (in Spanish). 2007. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  • Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha, Fernando de (1995). Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias (in Portuguese). pp. 329–30.
  • Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  • Instituto de Salazar y Castro. Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles (in Spanish). periodic publication.
Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Beltrán de la Cueva
Duke of Alburquerque
1492–1526
Succeeded by