Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque (in full) (25 August 1467 – 4 June 1526) was a Spanish

Spain

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 nobleman.

He was the son of Don Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque

Beltrán de la Cueva

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, by first wife Doña Mencía Hurtado de Mendoza y Luna. He served the Catholic Monarchs

Catholic Monarchs

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 Isabella I of Castile

Isabella I of Castile

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 and Ferdinand V of Castile in the Wars of Granada

Granada

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 along with his father. He was the 644th Knight

Knight

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 of the Order of the Golden Fleece

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He married before January 1485 Dona Francisca Alvarez de Toledo, daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba

García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba

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 and sister of his first stepmother, and among two other sons and two owo other daughters he had the oldest daughter Dona Mencía de la Cueva y Alvarez de Toledo, who married as his second wife Don Pedro Fajardo y Chacón Manrique de Lara, 1st Marquess of los Vélez

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

Pedro Fajardo y Chacón, 1st Marquis of los Vélez, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish military and nobleman.He was a son of don Juan Chacón and wife dona Luisa Fajardo y Manrique de Lara, 2nd Countess and Lady of Cartagena....

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He was the paternal grandfather of the 1st Marquess of Cuéllar

Cuéllar

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 in 1562, Don Francisco de la Cueva y Téllez-Girón, Alvarez de Toledo y de la Vega.

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