Don Fernando de Borja y Aragón or Ferran de Borja y d'Aragón (1583, in
Lisboa – 28 November 1665, in
Madrid) was a
Spanish noble from the
House of Borja and the
House of Castro. He was the third Count of Mayalde, Viceroy of the royal house, and the Prince of Esquilache.
Life
Fernando was the son of
Juan de Borja y Castro
Juan de Borja y Castro (1533, Bellpuig – 3 September 1606, El Escorial) was a Spanish noble of the House of Borja and the House of Castro. Juan was a soldier, diplomat and a worker for the Spanish state. He is best known for being the first Coun ...
, first Count of
Mayalde
Mayalde is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE
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Institutions
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, and his wife, Francisca de Aragón y Barreto, Countess of Ficalho and paternal niece of
Francisco de Borja
Francisco de Borja y Navarro de Alpicat (1441 – 4 November 1511) was a Spanish cardinal, and the seventh of ten cardinal-nephews created by Pope Alexander VI.
Biography
Borja was born in 1441 in Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, from the Aragones ...
, who was also Fernando's paternal grandfather.
As a child, he served at the court as a Menino of the empress,
María de Austria y Portugal, and later for
Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...
.
At the age of 20, he was given land and title by
Philip III of Spain and was sent as an ambassador to
Savoy
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Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south.
Savo ...
,
Florence and
Rome. In 1621, the new king,
Philip IV of Spain, named Fernando the ''Gentilhombre de cámara con ejercicio'' and the
Viceroy of Aragon, a post he held until 1632. In 1635, he was designated the
Viceroy of Valencia until he was called back to court five years later, in 1640. He was made the
Sumiller de Corps The Sumiller de Corps was the Officer of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain in charge of the more intimate and inner rooms of the King of Spain. He was responsible of the most immediate service to the Monarch. This Office was s ...
of the
Prince of Asturias,
Balthasar Charles, until June 4, 1643, when he built his house.
In 1649, his wife died, and in 1658, his older brother died, ceding him all his titles.
In 1651, after the death of the powerful
Luis Méndez de Haro, Marquis of the Carpio, the king conferred on Fernando the title of ''Caballerizo mayor'', the last of such titles granted by Philip IV.
Fernando died in 1665, the same year as the death of King Philip.
Notably, Fernando had corresponded with
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, a spiritual writer and adviser of the king.
Summary
Marriage and Descendants
While Fernando was the Viceroy of Aragon, he married his niece,
María Francisca de Borja y Aragón
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
, the daughter of his older brother,
Francisco de Borja y Aragón, the second Count of Mayalde, who would later cede his title as Prince of Esquilache to Fernando. His wife would die in 1649.
References
*
Archivo General de Palacio (AGP
Patrimonio Nacional. Sección Personal
Counts of Spain
Order of Santiago
Borja y Aragon
Fernando
1583 births
1665 deaths
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