Juan Tomas Enriquez de Cabrera, 7th Duke of Medina de Rioseco

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Portrait of the 7th Duke of Medina de Rioseco, c. 1702

Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera y Ponce de Leon, VII Duque de Medina de Río-Seco (Genoa, Italy, 1646 – Estremoz, Portugal, 1705), was a Spanish noble and military leader.

Biography

He belonged to the important Enríquez family, whose title Duque de Medina de Río-Seco was awarded by King Charles I of Spain, Emperor Charles V, in April 1538.
His father was

Viceroy of Naples
in 1644–1646.

He was the 11th and last hereditary

Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire
(1705).

He was politically exiled from Spain by siding with

War of Spanish Succession. He lived the last years of his life in Portugal and died in Estremoz
.

Marriages

He married in 1662 with Ana Catalina de la Cerda Portocarrero, daughter of Antonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of Medinaceli.

After his wife's death, he remarried in 1697 with her niece, Ana Catalina de la Cerda y de Cardona-Aragon, (1663–1698), widow since 1690 of

Carlos II
of Spain and many other lesser titles, and Catalina Antonia de Cardona-Aragon y Sandoval, 9th Duchess of Cardona, 8th Duchess of Segorbe on her own rights.

He had no surviving issue and was succeeded by his brother Luis Enríquez de Cabrera y Álvarez de Toledo (1649–1713).

References

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