Don Juan Fernández Pacheco, (20 December 1563, in
Escalona
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– 5 May 1615, in
Escalona
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, Spain), 5th Duke of Escalona, 5th Marquis of Villena and 5th Count of Xiquena was a Spanish nobleman and, between 1607 and 1610, viceroy of
Sicily
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He was the son of Don Francisco Pacheco, 4th Duke of Escalona (1532–1574) and Juana Alvarez de Toledo.
In 1589, he was made a knight in the
Order of the Golden Fleece
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. He was Spanish ambassador in Rome between 1603 and 1606, then made
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between 1607 and 1610.
Marriage and children
He married in 1594 with Serafina de Bragança (1566-1604), daughter of
John I, 6th Duke of Braganza
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. They had 10 children, seven of whom reached adulthood:
# Diego Antonio (1594–1616), died in captivity in
Istanbul
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# Felipe Juan Baltasar (1596–1633), 6th Duke of Escalona.
#
Diego Roque (1599–1653), 7th Duke of Escalona.
# Cecilia (1603–1622)
# Juan Francisco (1606–1663),
Bishop of Cuenca
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Bishop of Cordoba
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# María, abbess.
Sources
Dukes of Escalona
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1563 births
1615 deaths
Knights of the Golden Fleece
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Counts of Spain
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Marquesses of Villena
Spanish nobility