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.
Life and career
He was the son of
Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, who he succeeded in 1607 as third
Duke of Feria
Duke of Feria ( es, Duque de Feria) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain accompanied by the dignity of Grandee, granted in 1567 by Philip II to Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 5th Count of Feria.
The name makes reference to the town of Fer ...
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
This is a list of viceroys of the Kingdom of Valencia from 1520 to 1707.
*1520 : Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Count of Melito
*1523 : Germaine of Foix and Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach
*1526 : Germaine of Foix and Ferdinand of Aragon, Duque ...
,
Viceroy of Catalonia
This is a list of Spanish viceroys (also called lieutenants) of the Principality of Catalonia from 1479 to 1713.
*1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón
*1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza y Garabito
*1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
*149 ...
,
Governor of Milan, state councilor, and special ambassador to Rome and France. He died in 1634 in
Munich
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from
typhoid
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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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1587 births
1634 deaths
Viceroys of Catalonia
Viceroys of Valencia
103
Margraves of Villalba
Spanish generals