Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque (in full, Spanish: Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y de la Cueva, séptimo duque de Alburquerque, séptimo conde de Ledesma, séptimo conde de Huelma, cuarto marqués de Cuéllar, señor de los estados de Mombeltrán, Pedro Bernardo, La Codosera y otros) (Cuéllar, 1575 – Madrid, 18 July 1637) was a Spanish nobleman, military and politician.
He was the son of Don Beltrán III de la Cueva y Castilla, 6th Duke of Alburquerque and Isabel de la Cueva y Córdoba.
In 1617, he was appointed
Between 1627 and 1632, he was
Marriage and children
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva married 3 times and had 10 children.[2]
First he married with Doña Antonia de Toledo-Beaumont, sister of Antonio Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Duke of Alba, who died without children.
He married again with Ana María de Padilla, daughter of Martín de Padilla y Manrique, who deceased before 1614. Their only son, Beltran, died on 12 December 1617, aged 17.
In his 3rd marriage, the Duke married in 1614 with Ana Enríquez de Cabrera y Colonna, daughter of the Duke of Medina de Rioseco and had:
- Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera (1618–1676), 8th Duke of Alburquerque.
- Gaspar de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera, General of the artillery in the Army of Extremadura during the war with Portugal.
- Melchor Fernández de la Cueva y Enríquez de Cabrera (1625–1686), 9th Duke of Alburquerque.
- Viceroy of Peru.
- José de la Cueva y Enríquez, Canon (priest).
- Isabel de la Cueva y Enríquez, married firstly with Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara and secondly with Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal y Castro, Viceroy of New Spain.
- Ana de la Cueva y Enríquez, married Juan Enríquez de Borja y Almansa.
- María de la Cueva y Enríquez, died young.
- Victoria de la Cueva y Enríquez, died young.
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References
- ^ Jonathan I. Israel, Race, Class, and Politics in Colonial Mexico, 1610-1670. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1975, p. 252.
- ^ http://es.fundacionmedinaceli.org/casaducal/fichaindividuo.aspx?id=2089