Francisco de Moncada y Cardona ( Mequinenza, 9 October 1532 –

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, 12 November 1594) Fundación Medinaceli
was a Spanish noble from the 16th century. He was the son of

Juan de Moncada y de Tolça Juan de Moncada y de Tolça (died after 1536) was a Spanish noble from the 16th century. He was 3rd count di Marmilla, 11th Sieur of Aitona and 1st count of Aitona since 1532, baron of Serós, Mequinenza and Soses, Sieur of Vallobar, Palma, Ador ...

, 1st Count of Aitona and Ana de Cardona, daughter of

Fernando Ramon Folch, 2nd Duke of Cardona Fernando Ramon Folch De Cardona, 2nd Duke of Cardona, (circa 1470 – Barcelona, 13 November 1543), was a Spanish noble. He became 2nd Duke of Cardona in 1513 and was also Viceroy of Sicily. Fernando's father Juan Ramón Folch IV de Cardona (1 ...

In 1574 he became IX Count of Osona and

Grandee of Spain Grandee (; es, Grande de España, ) is an official aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neither country did they ha ...

. In October 1581, his County of Aitona was promoted to the Marquisate of Aitona by King

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 ...

. He became Viceroy of Catalonia between 1580–81 and Viceroy of Valencia from 1581 until his death. He married Lucrecia Gralla, señora de Subirat y de Esponella, and had 17 children, including * Gastón, his successor. *

Juan de Moncada Juan de Moncada (Catalan: ''Joan de Montcada i Gralla'') (Valencia, ? – Barcelona, 1622) was a Roman Catholic clergyman in Spain in the 17th century. He was born in Valencia as 11th child of Francisco de Moncada y Folch de Cardona, 1st Marquis of ...

, Archbishop of Tarragona.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moncada, Francisco de People from Valencia 1532 births 1594 deaths Viceroys of Catalonia Viceroys of Valencia 16th-century Spanish people