Beltrán de la Cueva y Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque, (in full, es, Don Beltrán de la Cueva y Álvarez de Toledo, tercer duque de Alburquerque, tercer conde de Ledesma, tercer conde de Huelma, señor de los estados de Cuéllar, la Codesera, Mombeltrán y Pedro Bernardo), (c. 1478 - 11 February 1560) was a Spanish nobleman and military leader. He was born in

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, the son of Don

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque (in full, es, Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y Mendoza, segundo duque de Alburquerque, segundo conde de Ledesma, segundo conde de Huelma, señor de los estados de Cuéllar, Mombeltr ...

and of Francisca de Toledo, daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba. Beltrán de la Cueva was appointed captain general of the Spanish Army, and commander-in-chief of the English Army in France (under queen

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). He was named a Knight of the

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in 1531, a Viceroy of Aragon in 1535, and a Viceroy of Navarre in 1552, position he held until his death in 1560.

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