Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria
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Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, 3rd Duke of Feria (1 September 1587 – 1634) was a Spanish nobleman, diplomat and army commander during the 17th century.
Life and career
He was the son of Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, who he succeeded in 1607 as third Duke of Feria and second Marquis of Villalba (1604–1634). His mother was his father's third wife.
Don Gómez was known as the Gran Duque de Feria for his military skills. He can be considered as one of the last able military commanders of the Spanish Empire. He was also Viceroy of Valencia, Viceroy of Catalonia, Governor of Milan, state councilor, and special ambassador to Rome and France. He appointed Sebastian Francisco de Medrano, president of the Poetic Academy of Madrid, as his treasurer.[1] He died in 1634 in Munich from typhoid.
He first married Francisca Cardona y Córdoba, and later Ana Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa, who gave him a son, Gaspar Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba (1629–1634). He became the fourth Duke of Feria and third Marquis of Villalba (1634), after the death of his father and grandfather. The boy died in the same year at the age of five. The title went to the boy's maternal grandfather, the Marquis of Priego.
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Preceded by The Marquis of Caracena | Viceroy of Valencia 1615–1618 | Succeeded by The Marquis of Tavara |
Preceded by | Governor of the Duchy of Milan 1618–1625 | Succeeded by Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba |
Preceded by The Bishop of Solsona | Viceroy of Catalonia 1629–1630 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Governor of the Duchy of Milan 1631–1633 | Succeeded by |
Spanish nobility | ||
Preceded by | Duke of Feria 1607–1634 | Succeeded by Gaspar Suárez de Figueroa |
Marquis of Villalba 1604–1634 |
References
- ^ Carro, Elena Martínez (2021). "Límites estilométricos en una miscelánea áurea: "Favores de las musas" de Sebastián Francisco de Medrano*". Hipogrifo. Revista de literatura y cultura del Siglo de Oro (in Spanish). 9 (1): 159–174.