Antonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of Medinaceli
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Antonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of Medinaceli, Grandee of Spain, (in full), (25 October 1607 – 7 March 1671) was a Spanish
nobleman.
He was the son of Don Juan de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli
, by second wife Doña Antonia de Toledo y Dávila. On 28 November 1625, in Dos Hermanas
, province of Sevilla, at the age of 17 he married the 13-year old Ana Portocarrero, 5th Duchess of Alcalá, with whom he had four children. In 1641, he was appointed viceroy of Valencia, position he held for one year. He died in Madrid
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Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
nobleman.
He was the son of Don Juan de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli
Juan de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli
Juan Luis de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish nobleman and Ambassador in Germanic countries....
, by second wife Doña Antonia de Toledo y Dávila. On 28 November 1625, in Dos Hermanas
Dos Hermanas
Dos Hermanas is a Spanish city south of Seville in Andalusia, with a population of 125,086 as of 2010.The city's name, which means "two sisters", dates from its founding in 1248 by King Ferdinand III of Castile and honours the sisters of Gonzalo Nazareno, one of the king's principal military...
, province of Sevilla, at the age of 17 he married the 13-year old Ana Portocarrero, 5th Duchess of Alcalá, with whom he had four children. In 1641, he was appointed viceroy of Valencia, position he held for one year. He died in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
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