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DeutschGómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria
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.
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] While leading the Army of Alsace, 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.
References
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- ^ 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.
